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Monocyte to Lymphocyte ratio is highly specific in diagnosing latent tuberculosis and declines significantly following tuberculosis preventive therapy: A cross-sectional and nested prospective observational study

BACKGROUND: Interferon-gamma release assay and tuberculin skin test use is limited by costly sundries and cross-reactivity with non-tuberculous mycobacteria and Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination respectively. We investigated the Monocyte to Lymphocyte ratio (MLR) as a biomarker to overcome t...

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Autores principales: Mayito, Jonathan, Meya, David B., Miriam, Akia, Dhikusooka, Flavia, Rhein, Joshua, Sekaggya-Wiltshire, Christine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10688757/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38033005
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0291834

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