Pleuroscopy: early experience in an East malaysian state with high tuberculosis prevalence

Kannan SK 1 , Lin WJ , Teck TS , Azizi AR

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  • 1 *Department of Respiratory Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, East Malaysia †Lung Institute of Western Australia, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Western Australia
J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol, 2009 Oct;16(4):250-3.
PMID: 23168588 DOI: 10.1097/LBR.0b013e3181ba730a

Abstract

Pleuroscopy using a flexi-rigid tube was introduced in Malaysia in late 2004 as part of the investigation for unexplained pleural effusion. Sabah, an East Malaysian state situated in Borneo, has the highest prevalence of tuberculosis (TB) in Malaysia. Therefore, exudative pleural effusion in Sabah was presumed to be predominantly because of TB.

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