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Chinese Journal of Antituberculosis ›› 2002, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (4): 200-202.

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Significance of detecting P-selectin of pleural effusion in differentiating tuberculous and malignant pleural effusions

ZHAO Yun feng,WANG Ying nian,GAO Dai qing,et al.   

  1. The Second Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University Medical College,Qingdao 266042
  • Online:2002-04-10 Published:2002-11-03

Abstract: Objective To explore the clinical significance of detecting P-selectin of pleural effusions in differentiating tuberculous and malignant diseases.Methods To detect the content of P-selectin in centrifuged supernatant of 48 cases with tuberculous pleural effusions and 50 cases with malignant pleural effusions by ELISA method.Results P-selectin of malignant pleural effusions (18.76±8.45μg/L) was distinctly higher than that of tuberculous pleural effusions (7.43±5.32μg/L) (P<0.01).Conclusion Detecting P-selectin of pleural effusion might be helpful for differentiating tuberculous and malignant diseases.

Key words: P-selectin, Pleural effusion, Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay