Enarson D A, Dorken E, Grzybowski S
Can Med Assoc J. 1982 Mar 1;126(5):493-5.
A review of the records for all cases of tuberculous pleurisy notified in Canada from 1970 through 1974 and in British Columbia from 1967 through 1976 showed that in the periods studied the annual incidence of this condition was low, just under nine cases per million population, and was declining. The disease commonly occurred a few months after a primary infection with tubercle bacilli. Bacteriologic confirmation of the diagnosis was possible in only 40% of the cases since biopsy specimens were not consistently cultured.
对1970年至1974年加拿大以及1967年至1976年不列颠哥伦比亚省所有已通报的结核性胸膜炎病例记录进行的回顾显示，在所研究的时间段内，这种疾病的年发病率较低，略低于每百万人口9例，且呈下降趋势。该病通常在初次感染结核杆菌数月后发生。由于活检标本并非都进行培养，仅40%的病例能够通过细菌学确诊。
