Laboratory tests Pleural effusion test 1. an exudate with 80% lymphocyte predominance 2. glucose: 850 mg/L(serum glucose: 1040 mg/L) 3.pH=755( norma764) 4.ADA: 112 U/L 5. Acid-fast bacilli smear, Gram stain, Xpert MTB/Rif test, and culture for Mycobacterium in pleural fluid were all negative.y 6. Pleural biopsy was not done.Laboratory tests 7 ü Pleural effusion test: 1. an exudate with 80% lymphocyte predominance 2. glucose: 850 mg/L (serum glucose: 1040 mg/L) 3. pH=7.55 (normal 7.64) 4.ADA: 112 U/L 5. Acid-fast bacilli smear, Gram stain, Xpert MTB/Rif test, and culture for Mycobacterium in pleural fluid were all negaDve. 6. Pleural biopsy was not done