Why the study?
NAMPT is involved in infectious diseases, but whether it plays a role in infectious pleural effusions was unknown.
Does pleural fluid NAMPT improve the diagnosis of infectious pleural effusions in patients with pleural effusion?
Population
111 patients with pleural effusion
Comparison
Pleural effusions of different etiologies (PPEs, TPEs, MPEs, and transudative effusions)
Authors
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May aid differentiation of infectious effusions; hypothesis-generating in a single cohort and requires prospective validation.
Does pleural fluid NAMPT improve the diagnosis of infectious pleural effusions in patients with pleural effusion?
Pleural fluid NAMPT is a promising diagnostic biomarker for distinguishing infectious from non-infectious pleural effusions.
Huang et al. (2021) studied this question.
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