PedAM
Pediatric Disease Annotations & Medicines
| Disease | tuberculosis |
| Symptom | C0014009|empyema |
| Sentences | 2 |
| PubMedID- 21139713 | the frequent culture negativity despite positive smears for m. tuberculosis in empyema fluid is attributed to the acidic, anaerobic environment of the pleural fluid and the lack of stringent laboratory conditions required for mycobacterial culture especially from purulent fluids. |
| PubMedID- 22566728 | Ours is probably the first case of brain abscess and subdural empyema due to mycobacterium tuberculosis reported in the same child. |
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