Utility of interferon-γ ELISPOT assay responses in highly tuberculosis-exposed patients with advanced HIV infection in South Africa

BACKGROUND: Interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) ELISPOT assays incorporating Mycobacterium tuberculosis-specific antigens are useful in the diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) or latent infection. However, their utility in patients with advanced HIV is unknown. We studied determinants of ELISPOT responses among pat...

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Autores principales: Lawn, Stephen D, Bangani, Nonzwakazi, Vogt, Monica, Bekker, Linda-Gail, Badri, Motasim, Ntobongwana, Marjorie, Dockrell, Hazel M, Wilkinson, Robert J, Wood, Robin
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2031899/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17725839
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-7-99

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2031899/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17725839
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-7-99

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