BCG-specific IgG-secreting peripheral plasmablasts as a potential biomarker of active tuberculosis in HIV negative and HIV positive patients. [electronic resource]
- Thorax Mar 2013
- 269-76 p. digital
Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
1468-3296
10.1136/thoraxjnl-2012-201817 doi
Adolescent Adult Aged Biomarkers--blood CD4 Lymphocyte Count Female HIV Seronegativity--immunology HIV Seropositivity--complications Humans Immunoglobulin G--blood Interferon-gamma--blood Latent Tuberculosis--diagnosis Male Middle Aged Mycobacterium bovis--immunology Mycobacterium tuberculosis--immunology Plasma Cells--immunology Sputum--microbiology Statistics, Nonparametric Tuberculosis, Pulmonary--complications Young Adult