The key role of exudative lesions and their encapsulation: Lessons learned from the pathology of human pulmonary tuberculosis
A review of the pathology of human pulmonary TB cases at different stages of evolution in the pre-antibiotic era suggests that neutrophils play an instrumental role in the progression towards active TB. This progression is determined by the type of lesion generated. Thus exudative lesions, in which...
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| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2015-06-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Microbiology |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2015.00612/full |