Persistently elevated T cell interferon-γ responses after treatment for latent tuberculosis infection among health care workers in India: a preliminary report

BACKGROUND: T cell-based interferon-γ (IFN-γ) release assays (IGRAs) are novel tests for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI). It has been suggested that T cell responses may be correlated with bacterial burden and, therefore, IGRAs may have a role in monitoring treatment response. We investigated I...

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Autores principales: Pai, Madhukar, Joshi, Rajnish, Dogra, Sandeep, Mendiratta, Deepak K, Narang, Pratibha, Dheda, Keertan, Kalantri, Shriprakash
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1481589/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16722616
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1745-6673-1-7

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1481589/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16722616
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1745-6673-1-7

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