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Fig. 3 | BMC Infectious Diseases

Fig. 3

From: Pleural IFN-γ release assay combined with biomarkers distinguished effectively tuberculosis from malignant pleural effusion

Fig. 3

The level of pleural ADA and CEA is useful to discriminate TPE and MPE. a After centrifuge of pleural effusion from TPE (n = 143) and MPE (n = 58) patients, the supernatants was isolated to determine ADA activity using peroxidase method. b The supernatants of pleural effusion was used to detect the level of CEA by direct chemilumiscence immunoassay. The unpaired t test was used for the analysis. c, d ROC analysis was conducted to evaluate the power of ADA (c) and CEA (d) in discriminating TPE and MPE

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