Open AccessComparative analysis of antibodies and lymphocytes in pulmonary tuberculosis patients with negative and positive cultures
Author(s) -
Fernando-Renato Cázares-Sosa,
Alejandro Hernández-Solís,
Atenea-Estela Andrés-Dionicio,
Heliodora González-González,
Miguel Ángel Ibañez-Hernández,
Raúl Cícero-Sabido,
Herón Huerta,
Raquel TapiaRomero,
JorgeLuis delaRosaArana
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
the journal of infection in developing countries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 2036-6590
pISSN - 1972-2680
DOI - 10.3855/jidc.10583
Subject(s) - medicine , sputum , tuberculosis , sputum culture , mycobacterium tuberculosis , isotype , antibody , immunology , gastroenterology , lymphocyte , cd8 , pathology , antigen , monoclonal antibody
The sputum smear or the culture are the definitive diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis. Only a fraction of clinical patients are culture-confirmed.
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