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...
Main Author: | Pere-Joan eCardona |
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Format: | Article |
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 |
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