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Figure 1 | BMC Pulmonary Medicine

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From: Comparison of same day diagnostic tools including Gene Xpert and unstimulated IFN-γ for the evaluation of pleural tuberculosis: a prospective cohort study

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Patient flow and test results available for final diagnoses. $biopsy not performed (n = 1); *no fluid smear requested (n = 15); #liquid culture not requested, pleural fluid (n = 17) and pleural biopsy (n = 12); §indeterminate liquid culture: contamination (n = 1) and sample rejected (n = 1); histology not requested (n = 1); ADA measurements not requested (n = 9); sample lost during processing (n = 1), indeterminate Xpert MTB/RIFF result (n = 7).

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