Publications by authors named "Fuk Yip Kong"

Background: Diagnosis of tuberculous pleuritis is difficult because of its nonspecific clinical presentation and insufficient efficiency of traditional diagnostic methods. We investigated the use of adenosine deaminase (ADA) activity in tuberculous pleuritis diagnosis.

Methods: We optimized a kinetic assay and retrospectively analysed 210 patients with exudative pleural effusions.

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