Efficacy of serum chitotriosidase activity in early treatment of patients with active tuberculosis and a negative sputum smear

BACKGROUND: The results of sputum culture for Mycobacterium tuberculosis must be awaited in most cases, which delays the start of treatment in patients with sputum smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis. We investigated whether plasma chitotriosidase activity is a strong marker for early diagnosis of...

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Autores principales: Tasci, Canturk, Tapan, Serkan, Ozkaya, Sevket, Demirer, Ersin, Deniz, Omer, Balkan, Arzu, Ozkan, Metin, Inan, Ilker, Kurt, Ismail, Bilgic, Hayati
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3431959/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22956876
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/TCRM.S31752

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3431959/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22956876
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/TCRM.S31752

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