Pulmonary immune responses to Mycobacterium tuberculosis in exposed individuals.

Pulmonary immune responses to Mycobacterium tuberculosis in exposed individuals.

Blood based Interferon-(IFN)-γ release assays (IGRAs) have a poor predictive value for the development of tuberculosis. This study aimed to investigate the correlation between IGRAs and pulmonary immune responses in tuberculosis contacts in Germany.IGRAs were performed on bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL...

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Main Authors: Christian Herzmann, Martin Ernst, Christoph Lange, Steffen Stenger, Stefan H E Kaufmann, Norbert Reiling, Tom Schaberg, Lize van der Merwe, Jeroen Maertzdorf, Tb or not Tb consortium
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5695274?pdf=render

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