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

• मुख्य लेखकों: Augustine Yeboah (लेखक), Monikamira Vivekanandan (लेखक), Ernest Adankwah (लेखक), Dorcas O. Owusu (लेखक), Wilfred Aniagyei (लेखक), Difery Minadzi (लेखक), Isaac Acheampong (लेखक), Joseph F. Arthur (लेखक), Millicent Lamptey (लेखक), Mohammed K. Abass (लेखक), Francis Kumbel (लेखक), Francis Osei-Yeboah (लेखक), Amidu Gawusu (लेखक), Linda Batsa Debrah (लेखक), Alexander Debrah (लेखक), Ertan Mayatepek (लेखक), Julia Seyfarth (लेखक), Richard O. Phillips (लेखक), Marc Jacobsen (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: BMC, 2024-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: article
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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...