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Tuberculosis
New findings in tuberculosis described by J. Winek and co-researchers
April 14th, 2009
According to recent research from Warsaw, Poland, "It is not clear why some individuals with unknown predisposition develop tuberculosis, while others remain healthy in spite of heavy exposure. Interferon gamma (IFN gamma) is considered to be the key cytokine responsible for resistance to M. tuberculosis infection, as confirmed by increased susceptibility to mycobacterial infections in rare inherited defects in IL-12-IFN gamma axis." "The aim of this study was to assess the IFN gamma production by peripheral blood lymphocytes from immunocompetent tuberculosis (TB) patients. The study group included 51 TB patients. In all cases, TB was confirmed by culture. Twenty...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-04-14)
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