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

• Main Authors: Augustine Yeboah (Author), Monikamira Vivekanandan (Author), Ernest Adankwah (Author), Dorcas O. Owusu (Author), Wilfred Aniagyei (Author), Difery Minadzi (Author), Isaac Acheampong (Author), Joseph F. Arthur (Author), Millicent Lamptey (Author), Mohammed K. Abass (Author), Francis Kumbel (Author), Francis Osei-Yeboah (Author), Amidu Gawusu (Author), Linda Batsa Debrah (Author), Alexander Debrah (Author), Ertan Mayatepek (Author), Julia Seyfarth (Author), Richard O. Phillips (Author), Marc Jacobsen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: 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...