Tuberculous Pleural Effusions - Tests and Biomarkers Age + fever + red blood cells + ADA - Very high sensitivity, high specificity ADA + IFN-y + NAAT - Increase in sensitivity and specificity compared with each separate method Duration of symptoms + protein + leukocyte count + lymphocytes % + ADA - High sensitivity and specificity ADA + lymphocyte/neutrophil ratio - High sensitivity and specificity ADA: adenosine deaminase; IFN: interferon; NAAT: nucleic acid amplification test. #Tuberculous #Pleural #Effusions #TB #Tuberculosis #Laboratory #Testing #diagnosis
