Concomitant parasite infections influence tuberculosis immunopathology and favor rapid sputum conversion of pulmonary tuberculosis patients

• Автори: Augustine Yeboah (Автор), Monikamira Vivekanandan (Автор), Ernest Adankwah (Автор), Dorcas O. Owusu (Автор), Wilfred Aniagyei (Автор), Difery Minadzi (Автор), Isaac Acheampong (Автор), Joseph F. Arthur (Автор), Millicent Lamptey (Автор), Mohammed K. Abass (Автор), Francis Kumbel (Автор), Francis Osei-Yeboah (Автор), Amidu Gawusu (Автор), Linda Batsa Debrah (Автор), Alexander Debrah (Автор), Ertan Mayatepek (Автор), Julia Seyfarth (Автор), Richard O. Phillips (Автор), Marc Jacobsen (Автор)
• Формат: Книга
• Опубліковано: BMC, 2024-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Immunopathology of human tuberculosis (TB) in a subgroup of patients is characterized by aberrantly high concentrations of inflammatory cytokines, for example Interleukin (IL)-6. Concomitant (co-)infections by parasites can affect host immunity, but the impact on immunopathology in TB patie...