Associations between systemic inflammation, mycobacterial loads in sputum and radiological improvement after treatment initiation in pulmonary TB patients from Brazil: a prospective cohort study

BACKGROUND: Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection is known to cause inflammation and lung tissue damage in high-risk populations. Nevertheless, direct associations between mycobacterial loads, systemic inflammation and pulmonary lesions upon treatment initiation have not been fully characterized. In...

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Autores principales: Mesquita, Eliene D. D., Gil-Santana, Leonardo, Ramalho, Daniela, Tonomura, Elise, Silva, Elisangela C., Oliveira, Martha M., Andrade, Bruno B., Kritski, Afrânio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4974760/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27494953
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-1736-3

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4974760/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27494953
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-1736-3

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