Helminth mediated modulation of the systemic and mycobacterial antigen - stimulated cytokine profiles in extra-pulmonary tuberculosis.

• Autores principales: Gokul Raj Kathamuthu (Autor), Saravanan Munisankar (Autor), Rathinam Sridhar (Autor), Dhanaraj Baskaran (Autor), Subash Babu (Autor)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Materias: article
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BACKGROUND:Helminth infections are known to regulate cytokine responses in both pulmonary and latent tuberculosis infection. Whether helminth infections also modulate cytokine responses in extra-pulmonary tuberculosis, specifically tuberculous lymphadenitis (TBL), has not been examined thus far. MET...