OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to describe the clinicopathologic characteristics of pediatric @entity1143 ( @entity1143 ) @entity1 to make an accurate diagnosis. @entity1 AND METHODS: Pediatric @entity1143 @entity1 who admitted to Shandong Provincial Chest Hospital were retrospectively reviewed from March 2006 to April 2015. RESULTS: 112 pediatric @entity1143 @entity1 were enrolled. The mean age was 11.6    3.2 years. 60 (53.6%) @entity1 were diagnosed as @entity1143 , 40 (35.7%) were @entity1907 ( @entity1907 ). 96 (85.7%) @entity1 had @entity221 (> 37  C), 81 (72.3%) had @entity1353 , 63 (56.3%) had cough. Radiological test results showed effusions on the right side in 58 @entity1 (51.8%), on the left side in 50 @entity1 (44.6%), and on both sides in 4 @entity1 (3.6%). 6 (5.4%) @entity1 were acid-fast bacilli (AFB) smear-positive. 16 (14.3%) PCR positive @entity1 were identified. 41 (36.6%) @entity1906 @entity1 were culture-positive. Almost all effusions (99.1%) had the biologic characteristics of exudates. In 91.2% of the effusions, more than 50% of leukocytes were lymphocytes. Pleural @entity859 deaminase (40 U/L) was positive in 74.5% of the @entity1 , and erythrocyte sedimentation rate was raised in 84.1%. CONCLUSIONS: The usefulness of routine microbiological tests to diagnose @entity456 is limited by its poor sensitivity. Further studies should be performed to validate new techs and assays for pediatric @entity1143 .

Clinicopathologic characteristics of pediatric XXXX : a retrospective analysis of 112 consecutive cases.

@entity1143 :: ('MESH:D010996', 'Disease') :: ['tuberculous pleural effusion', 'TPE'] @entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'PATIENTS'] @entity859 :: ('MESH:D000241', 'Chemical') :: ['adenosine'] @entity1353 :: ('MESH:D004417', 'Disease') :: ['dyspnea'] @entity1906 :: ('MESH:D014390', 'Disease') :: ['TB'] @entity456 :: ('MESH:D010995', 'Disease') :: ['pleural TB'] @entity221 :: ('MESH:D005334', 'Disease') :: ['fever'] @entity1907 :: ('MESH:D014397', 'Disease') :: ['PTB', 'TPE+Pulmonary tuberculosis']
@entity1143 :: (MESH:D010996,Disease) :: ['tuberculous pleural effusion']
