The single recombinant M. tuberculosis protein DPPD provides enhanced performance of skin testing among HIV-infected tuberculosis patients

The single recombinant M. tuberculosis protein DPPD provides enhanced performance of skin testing among HIV-infected tuberculosis patients

Abstract Diagnostic testing for M. tuberculosis infection has advanced with QuantiFERON and GeneXpert, but simple cost-effective alternatives for widespread TB screening has remained elusive and purified protein derivative (PPD)-based tuberculin skin testing (TST) remains the most widely used method...

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Main Authors: Roberto Badaro, Bruna. A. S. Machado, Malcolm S. Duthie, C. A. Araujo-Neto, D. Pedral-Sampaio, Maria Nakatani, Steven G. Reed
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-07-01
Series:AMB Express
Subjects:
Tuberculosis
Mycobacteria
Skin
T cell
Diagnosis
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13568-020-01068-6

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