Journal of Immunology Research

Review Article

A Systematic Review of the Epidemiology, Immunopathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Pleural TB in HIV- Infected Patients

Table 1

Characteristics of included studies.
Study/referenceYear No of pleural TB patients DesignRecruitment of patients
 HIV+HIV−
Aderaye et al. [5]1996 854Prospective cohortConsecutive
Batungwanayo et al. [6]1993 2882Prospective cohortConsecutive
Cordero et al. [7]1995 12107Retrospective chart reviewN/A
Dheda et al. [8]2009 3813Prospective cohortConsecutive
Dheda et al. [9]2009 2031Prospective cohortConsecutive
Domoua et al. [10]2007 3017Prospective cohortConsecutive
Elliott et al. [11]1993 5713Prospective cohortConsecutive
Frye et al. [2]1997 22169Retrospective chart reviewN/A
Gil et al. [12]1995 1093Retrospective chart reviewN/A
Heyderman et al. [13]1998 6311Prospective cohortConsecutive
Hodsdon et al. [14]2001 6629Prospective cohortConsecutive
Luzze et al. [15]2001 10933Prospective cohortConsecutive
Riantawan et al. [16]1999 3752Prospective cohortConsecutive
Richter et al. [17]1994 6547Prospective cohortConsecutive
Richter et al. [18]1994 4926Prospective cohortConsecutive
Trajman et al. [19]1997 1330Cross-sectional retrospectiveN/A
Villena et al. [20]1996 941Prospective cohortN/A
Baba et al. [21]2008 162Retrospective case seriesN/A
Baba et al. [22]2008 14520Retrospective case controlN/A
Baba et al. [23]2008 523Prospective cohortConsecutive
Bezuidenhout et al. [24]2009 66Case seriesN/A
Collins et al. [25]2007 80Case seriesN/A
Conde et al. [26]2003 1371Prospective cohortConsecutive
Hirsch et al. [27]2001 168Prospective cohortConsecutive
Jones et al. [28]2000 30Case seriesN/A
Elliott et al. [29]2004 1970Randomized controlled TrialConsecutive
Tshibwabwa-Tumba et al. [30]1997 15968Prospective cohortConsecutive
Toossi et al. [31]2011 2020Prospective cohortConsecutive
Siawaya et al. [32]2009 1211Case seriesN/A
Mayanja-Kizza et al. [33]2009 200Case seriesN/A
N/A: not mentioned in the methods section of the paper.