The single recombinant M. tuberculosis protein DPPD provides enhanced performance of skin testing among HIV-infected tuberculosis patients

Diagnostic testing for M. tuberculosis infection has advanced with QuantiFERON and GeneXpert, but simple cost-effective alternatives for widespread TB screening has remained elusive and purified protein derivative (PPD)-based tuberculin skin testing (TST) remains the most widely used method. PPD-bas...

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Autores principales: Badaro, Roberto, Machado, Bruna. A. S., Duthie, Malcolm S., Araujo-Neto, C. A., Pedral-Sampaio, D., Nakatani, Maria, Reed, Steven G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7394993/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32737693
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13568-020-01068-6

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