Comparison of serum neopterin levels in pulmonary tuberculosis patients with positive acid fast bacilli and inactive pulmonary tuberculosis
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is caused by infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Sometimes it is difficult to distinguish between active and inactive pulmonary TB based on chest X-ray images. TB biomarkers are needed to diagnose active TB when TB bacilli are not detected either through microsco...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2020-02-01
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| Series: | Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405579419300816 |