tuberculous pleuritis


pleuritis

 [ploo͡-ri´tis] pleurisy.lupus pleuritis pleurisy, pleural effusion, and fever in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.rheumatoid pleuritis pleurisy, pleural effusion, and often empyema in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.tuberculous pleuritis pleurisy with pleural effusion and tubercles on the pleura in patients with primary tuberculosis.uremic pleuritis pleurisy, usually of the fibrinous type, with pleural effusion in patients with uremia, often accompanying uremic pericarditis.

tuberculous pleuritis

Tuberculous pleurisy Infectious disease Pleural infection by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which is characterized by protein-rich effusions and abundant M tuberculosis. See Tuberculosis.