Association between serum PGE(2) levels and degree of acid-fast bacilli positivity in sputum of pulmonary tuberculosis patients

BACKGROUND: Mycobacterium tuberculosis that infected apoptotic macrophages is triggered by PGE(2). Apoptosis suppresses the growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria, which is shown in the results of acid-fast bacilli (AFB) in the sputum that becomes a marker of the number of bacteria. OBJECTIVE...

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Autores principales: Setiawan, Herley Windo, Yudhawati, Resti, Syafaah, Irmi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
Materias:
Cross-sectional Study
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8606836/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34840758
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2021.103008

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8606836/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34840758
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2021.103008

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