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Abstract
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SUMMARY
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The present study was carried out on 35 patients with pleural
effusion. They were aitiologically divided into 3 groups.
Group I :- included 10 patients with tuberculous effusion.
Group II :- included 10 patients with highly suspicious tuberculosis.
Group III :- included 15 patients with empyema.
It was found that PCR results was positive in all cases of groups I &
II, also it was negative in all cases with group III .
No significant correlation (P>0.05) was found between PCR results
and tuberculin test in group I & II .
PCR results were significantly higher (P<0.05) with ZN stain results
in groups I & II .
There was no significant correlation (P>0.05) was found between
PCR results and culture for TB in patients with groups I&II .
Based on the above results it is suggested that:
PCR technique is a sensitive method for detection of tuberculosis in
relation to the traditional methods.
PCR results was (100%) positive in all patients with groups I & II .