Increased production of IL-4 and IL-12p40 from bronchoalveolar lavage cells are biomarkers of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the sputum.
Tuberculosis (TB) causes 1.45 million deaths annually world wide, the majority of which occur in the developing world. Active TB disease represents immune failure to control latent infection from airborne spread. Acid-fast bacillus (AFB) seen on sputum smear is a biomarker for contagiousness.We enro...
主要な著者: | Anna Nolan, Elaine Fajardo, Maryann L Huie, Rany Condos, Anil Pooran, Rodney Dawson, Keertan Dheda, Eric Bateman, William N Rom, Michael D Weiden |
---|---|
フォーマット: | 論文 |
言語: | English |
出版事項: |
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2013-01-01
|
シリーズ: | PLoS ONE |
オンライン・アクセス: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3603887?pdf=render |
類似資料
-
Screening for pulmonary mycosis: sputum versus bronchoalveolar lavage
著者:: Rajesh Gupta, 等
出版事項: (2021-01-01) -
Evaluation of Xpert® Mycobacterium tuberculosis/rifampin in sputum-smear negative and sputum-scarce patients with pulmonary tuberculosis using bronchoalveolar lavage fluid
著者:: Nikhil C Gowda, 等
出版事項: (2018-01-01) -
Efficacy of the Xpert Mycobacterium tuberculosis/rifampicin assay for diagnosing sputum-smear negative or sputum-scarce pulmonary tuberculosis in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid
著者:: Juan Yang, 等
出版事項: (2021-06-01) -
Smoking status and anti-inflammatory macrophages in bronchoalveolar lavage and induced sputum in COPD
著者:: Rabe Klaus F, 等
出版事項: (2011-03-01) -
The clinical significance of IL-6 s and IL-27 s in Bronchoalveolar lavage fluids from children with mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia
著者:: Jie Zhao, 等
出版事項: (2020-05-01)