Underestimation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in HIV-infected subjects using reactivity to tuberculin and anergy panel | Zendy

Lourdes GarcíaGarcía | Zendy; José Luis ValdespinoGómez | Zendy; Cecilia García-Sancho | Zendy; Ma. Eugenia Mayar-Maya | Zendy; Manuel Palacios-Martínez | Zendy; Susana Balandrano-Campos | Zendy; Alejandro EscobarGutiérrez | Zendy; Armando Peruga | Zendy; Mercedes Weissenbacher | Zendy; Elaine Daniels | Zendy

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Underestimation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in HIV-infected subjects using reactivity to tuberculin and anergy panel

Author(s) -

Lourdes GarcíaGarcía,

José Luis ValdespinoGómez,

Cecilia García-Sancho,

Ma. Eugenia Mayar-Maya,

Manuel Palacios-Martínez,

Susana Balandrano-Campos,

Alejandro EscobarGutiérrez,

Armando Peruga,

Mercedes Weissenbacher,

Elaine Daniels

Publication year - 2000

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/29.2.369

Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculosis , immunology , tuberculin , mycobacterium tuberculosis , virology , pathology

This study aimed to evaluate purified protein derivative (PPD) reactivity and its interrelationship with anergy panel and CD4+ lymphocytes in HIV-infected subjects as compared to PPD reactivity in HIV-uninfected individuals in a tuberculosis endemic and high Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) coverage environment.

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