Pleural biopsy was better than pleural fluid analysis in diagnosing tuberculosis, 73, 9% (34/46) compared to 17, 7% (8/45) whereas their efficacy in diagnosing neoplasia were not different, 60% (18/60) with pleural biopsy and 51, 7% (15/29) with pleural fluid analysis.
STMP chẩn đoán lao 73,9% (3 4/4 6) hiệu quả hơn PTDMP 17,7% (8/4 5), trong khi đó hiệu quả STMP chẩn đoán K là 60% (18/3 0) không khác biệt so với PTDMP 51,7% (15/2 9).