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Tuberculosis
Researchers from Federal University of Minas Gerais report recent findings in tuberculosis
September 9th, 2008
"Herein, we intended to perform flow-cytometric analyses of peripheral blood NK-cell subsets in patients with active tuberculosis (TB) and those putative resistant subjects displaying positive tuberculin skin test (TST+) and compared with TST- healthy controls. Our findings demonstrated distinct phenotypic features in TST+ as compared with TB," scientists in Belo Horizonte, Brazil report. "While lower values of NK-cells with increased frequency of CD3(-)CD16(+) CD56(-) and CD3(-)CD16(-)CD56(+) subsets besides lower frequency of CD3(-)CD16(+) CD56(+) NK-cells was observed in TST+, unaltered levels of NK-cells with increased levels of CD3(-)CD16(+) CD56(-) NK-cells with...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-09-09)
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