Effect of standard tuberculosis treatment on plasma cytokine levels in patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis.

Effect of standard tuberculosis treatment on plasma cytokine levels in patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis.

Sputum Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) culture is commonly used to assess response to antibiotic treatment in individuals with pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). Such techniques are constrained by the slow growth rate of Mtb, and more sensitive methods to monitor Mtb clearance are needed. The goal of thi...

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Main Authors: Catherine Riou, Blas Perez Peixoto, Lindi Roberts, Katharina Ronacher, Gerhard Walzl, Claudia Manca, Roxana Rustomjee, Thuli Mthiyane, Dorothy Fallows, Clive M Gray, Gilla Kaplan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3351475?pdf=render

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