Tuberculosis
Research by W.L. Leung and colleagues in tuberculosis provides new insights
Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, May 5th, 2009
According to a study from Hong Kong, People's Republic of China, "A prospective cross-sectional blinded study of 28 patients (21 male and 7 female patients; mean age, 44 years) with suspected active tuberculosis (TB) attending a TB and chest clinic is described. Blood was taken for immune cell enumeration, a whole-blood enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the detection of gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) by the QuantiFERON-TB Gold (QFT-G) assay, and intracellular cytokine flow cytometry (ICC) analysis; and sputum was simultaneously taken for bacteriological culture for Mycobacterium tuberculosis."
"Twelve healthy subjects were included as controls. The performance...
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