Tuberculous pleural effusions

Abstract

• 1.

  Of 74 cases of tuberculous effusion, 33 per cent. required aspiration.

• 2.

  All the cases were treated in hospital and sanatorium.

• 3.

  Of 57 cases traced after a lapse of four to six years, 72 per cent. are quiescent and 24 per cent. are dead.

• 4.

  Contact infection was marked between the ages 2 to 12 years.

• 5.

  The occurrence of tuberculous peritonitis as a complication in 6 instances is of interest.