Serum immunoglobulin a antibodies to glycopeptidolipid core antigen for Mycobacteroides abscessus complex lung disease

Background: Mycobacteroides abscessus complex (MABC) exhibits smooth morphotypes, expressing glycopeptidolipid (GPL), and rough morphotypes, expressing diminished GPL, on the MABC cell wall. Few reports have focused on the relationship between anti-GPL-core immunoglobulin A (IgA) antibody and colony...

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Main Authors: Takehiko Kobayashi, Kazunari Tsuyuguchi, Shiomi Yoshida, Yu Kurahara, Shojiro Minomo, Yoshikazu Inoue, Katsuhiro Suzuki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2020-01-01
Series:International Journal of Mycobacteriology
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Online Access:http://www.ijmyco.org/article.asp?issn=2212-5531;year=2020;volume=9;issue=1;spage=76;epage=82;aulast=Kobayashi