Clinical Isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Differ in Their Ability to Induce Respiratory Burst and Apoptosis in Neutrophils as a Possible Mechanism of Immune Escape

Tuberculosis pathogenesis was earlier thought to be mainly related to the host but now it appears to be clear that bacterial factors are also involved. Genetic variability of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) could be slight but it may lead to sharp phenotypic differences. We have previously reported...

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Autores principales: Romero, María M., Balboa, Luciana, Basile, Juan I., López, Beatriz, Ritacco, Viviana, de la Barrera, Silvia S., Sasiain, María C., Barrera, Lucía, Alemán, Mercedes
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3388301/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22778761
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/152546

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