Characteristics of the 10 cases, pleural fluid, and results of PCR
| Case | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years)/sex | 12/M | 3/M | 15/F | 3/F |
| Affected side | Right | Left | Right | Left |
| Day of appearance1-150 | <0 (0) | 2 (2) | <0 (6) | <0 (0), (5) |
| Removal of effusions (volume in ml) | Drainage | Thoracocentesis (100) | Thoracocentesis (340) | Thoracocentesis (repeated), drainage |
| Antimycoplasmal antibody titre1-151 | ||||
| Acute | <40 | 8 | <40 | <40 |
| Highest observed | 160 | 256 | 80 | 20480 |
| Pleural fluid | (Sample 1) | |||
| Appearance | Serous | Serous | Serous | Serous |
| Protein (g/l) | 49 | 26 | 46 | 44 |
| Lactate dehydrogenase (U/l) | 3236 | 611 | 11670 | |
| Cell count (/mm3) | 46 | Numerous | ||
| Sample volume tested (ml) | 4.0 | 25 | 3.4 | 10 |
| Other involvement1-152 | Liver dysfunction | Liver dysfunction, skin rash | None | None |
| Resolution of chest roentgenograms§(months) | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 12 |
| PCR# | (−) | (±) | (−) | (+) |
| 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/M | 7/M | 11/M | 0.9/M | 5/M | 4/F | ||
| Left | Right | Bilateral | Right | Left | Bilateral | ||
| 4 (4) | <0 (0) | 5 (5), 6 (6) | 4 (8) | 2 (10) | <0 (1) | ||
| Thoracocentesis (120) | Thoracocentesis (>100) | Thoracocentesis, drainage | Thoracocentesis (85) | Thoracocentesis (190) | Thoracocentesis (130) | ||
| <40 | 320 | <40 | 2560 | <40 | 80 | ||
| 1280 | 640 | 160 | 2560 | 1280 | 640 | ||
| (Sample 2) | (Right) | (Left) | (Right) | ||||
| Bloody | Serous | Serous | Bloody | Serous | Serous | Serosanguinous | Serous |
| 29 | 26 | 23 | 46 | 26 | |||
| 2650 | 914 | 2387 | 1680 | ||||
| 900 | 2525 | 1047 | |||||
| 8 | 8.5 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
| Liver dysfunction, skin rash, SIADH | None | None | None | None | Liver dysfunction | ||
| 0.5 | 0.7 | >3 | 1 | >2 | 0.5 | ||
| (+) | (−) | (−) | (+) | (±) | (+) | (+) | (−) |
↵1-150 The day of admission was denoted as day 0. The day of removal was shown in parentheses. <0 means that the effusion was already present on admission.
↵1-151 Particle agglutination test was used for all cases except for case 2 in which complement fixation test was used.
↵1-152 Liver dysfunction, maximum alanine aminotransferase value (U/l); 210 in case 1, 2004 in case 2, 478 in case 5, 342 in case 10.
§ Time interval from the admission to the normalisation of the chest radiographs.
# (+) = positive; (±) = indeterminate; (−) = negative.
SIADH = syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone.