Pleural fluid cell pellets and supernatants from 10 patients (called CRCINA #) with pleural effusion from Nantes, France (Gueugnon et al, 2011; Smeele et al, 2018), and pleural tumor samples from 17 ...

The specimen material for microbiological diagnostic examination should be prepared for microscopy on a sterile slide, both for gram and Ziehl-Neelsen staining, ... Contrast enhancement in the pleura, ...

In the ascitic fluid, which was translucent and yellow, the albumin level was 13 g/l and the protein concentration 24 g/l (below 30 g/l suggests transudate). The serum-ascites albumin gradient (SAAG) ...