Evaluation of heat shock proteins for discriminating between latent tuberculosis infection and active tuberculosis: A preliminary report

• Autors principals: Seema D. Shekhawat (Autor), Hemant J. Purohit (Autor), Girdhar M. Taori (Autor), Hatim F. Daginawala (Autor), Rajpal S. Kashyap (Autor)
• Format: Llibre
• Publicat: Elsevier, 2016-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Matèries: article
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Summary: The diagnosis of a latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is of the utmost concern. The available tests, the tuberculin skin test (TST) and the Quantiferon-TB Gold test (QFT-G) cannot discriminate between active TB and LTBI. Therefore, the aim of the study is to identify new biomarkers that c...