Heme oxygenase-1 and neopterin plasma/serum levels and their role in diagnosing active and latent TB among HIV/TB co-infected patients: a cross sectional study

BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis in the context of HIV co-infection remains challenging. Heme oxygenase 1 (HO-1) and neopterin have been validated as potential biomarkers for TB diagnosis. Latent TB infection (LTBI) is diagnosed using tuberculin skin test (TST) and interferon gamma release as...

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Autores principales: Uwimaana, Esther, Bagaya, Bernard S., Castelnuovo, Barbara, Kateete, David P., Godwin, Anguzu, Kiwanuka, Noah, Whalen, Christopher C., Joloba, Moses L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8317375/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34315412
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-06370-7

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8317375/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34315412
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-06370-7

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