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Derrame pleural tuberculoso - Symptom

Signos y exámenes:

El líquido se puede extraer del espacio pleural con una aguja, lo cual se denomina toracocentesis. Sin embargo, en la mayoría de los casos, la bacteria de la tuberculosis no se puede encontrar en el líquido, examinándolo bajo un microscopio o tratando de cultivar la bacteria en el laboratorio a partir de una muestra de líquido pleural (cultivo).

La mejor manera para hacer el diagnóstico es obtener una muestra del revestimiento del pulmón (tejido pleural) por medio de una biopsia, con lo cual es más probable que se revele el microorganismo patógeno a través de un cultivo o examinándola bajo un microscopio.

Se le agregan tintes especiales a la muestra para ver la bacteria bajo el microscopio. El microorganismo absorbe el tinte y luego aparece coloreado al observarse bajo un microscopio.

Efusión pleural

Sistema respiratorio

Reviewed last on: 12/7/2010
David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; Jatin M. Vyas, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Assistant in Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Iseman MD. Tuberculosis. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 345.

Fitzgerald DW, Sterling TR, Haas DW. Mycobacterium tuberculosis. In: Mandell GL, Bennett JE, Dolan R, eds. Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett’s Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases. 7th ed. Orlando, FL: Saunders Elsevier; 2009:chap 250.

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