Researchers at College of Medicine target HIV/AIDS co-infection therapy

A report, 'Association between sputum smear status and local immune responses at the site of disease in HIV-infected patients with pulmonary tuberculosis,' is newly published data in Tuberculosis. "Infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) may affect the clinical presentation of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). To investigate the association between sputum smear status at presentation and local pulmonary immune responses in HIV-infected patients with pulmonary TB, we compared the cellular and cytokine profiles in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid obtained from the site of lung disease in 22 sputum smear-and culture-positive, and 17 sputum smear-negative but culture-positive...

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