Bacillus Calmette-Guerin Vaccines
Study findings on Bacillus calmette-guerin vaccines are outlined in reports from Kuwait University, Medical Department
Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, November 3rd, 2009
"with diabetes mellitus are more susceptible to tuberculosis (TB), and the clinical conditions of diabetic TB patients deteriorate faster than non-diabetic TB patients, but the immunological basis for this phenomenon is not understood clearly. Given the role of cell-mediated immunity (CMI) in providing protection against TB, we investigated whether CMI responses in diabetic TB patients are compromised," scientists in Kuwait report.
"Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) obtained from diabetic TB patients, non-diabetic TB patients and Mycobacterium bovis bacilli Calmette-Guerin (BCG)-vaccinated healthy subjects were cultured in the presence of complex mycobacterial...
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