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A member asked:
Is tuberculous pleural effusion infectious?
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No with precautions: Could be if contaminated, the bacteria will not survive out side body, effusion is mostly a reaction to infection.
Answered 10/30/2018
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Yes: The tuberculosis bacteria is only rarely found in the pleural effusion, so it makes diagnosis difficult; however, if it is seen, it is just as infectious as from any other source. The main question is whether the patient is expelling tuberculosis from his respiratory tract as well, because 1/3 of patients with pleural effusion TB will have it in their lungs as well.
Answered 12/8/2018
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No: Only pulmonary TB is infectious; pleural TB is not.
Answered 11/27/2017
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