Tuberculosis Therapy
Study results from Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Department of Thoracic Medicine update understanding of tuberculosis therapy
Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, May 4th, 2010
Research findings, 'MMP-1(-1607G) polymorphism as a risk factor for fibrosis after pulmonary tuberculosis in Taiwan,' are discussed in a new report. According to a study from Taipei, Taiwan, "Several matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) polymorphisms favouring the development of lung fibrosis after pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) have been described. To investigate the association of MMP-1, MMP-9 and MMP-12 polymorphisms with the development of fibrosis in pulmonary TB."
"We studied 49 normal subjects and 98 TB patients. We analysed the association between MMP polymorphisms and clinical indices of lung fibrosis by serial chest radiography for 1 year after completion of treatment....
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