Mishra, Adarsh
Dass, Manisha
Singhal, Ritu
Arora, Puneet
Bukhariya, Rishika
Sharma, Pratibha
Jindal, Neha
Gola, Anjali
Dewan, Ravindra
Bhalla, Manpreet
Haldar, Sagarika
Funding for this research was provided by:
Indian Council of Medical Research (5/8/5/8/adhoc/2020/ECD-I)
Science and Engineering Research Board (EEQ/2021/001127)
Article History
Received: 7 July 2025
Accepted: 5 December 2025
First Online: 17 April 2026
Declarations
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: Ethical approval was obtained from the Institute Ethics Committee of the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) (PGI/IEC/2020/000563), Chandigarh and the National Institute of Tuberculosis and other Respiratory Diseases (NITRD/EC/2020/1541), New Delhi. The data were reported in compliance with the STARD (Standards for Reporting Diagnostic Accuracy Studies) guidelines.
: Written informed consent was obtained from patients prior to the collection of urine and corresponding pleural fluid samples for the study.
: The authors declare no competing interests.