| Literature DB >> 20010069 |
Basirudeen S A Kabeer1, Rajasekaran Sikhamani, Alamelu Raja.
Abstract
Interferon gamma (IFNgamma)-based in-vitro assays have suboptimal sensitivity, especially in immunocompromised individuals, which emphasizes the need for alternative markers for tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis. We compared TB antigens-specific IFNgamma and IFNgamma-inducible protein-10 levels in culture of whole blood samples from HIV-TB patients. We report that IFNgamma-inducible protein-10 detects a greater number of HIV-TB cases than IFNgamma and suggest that IFNgamma-inducible protein-10 may be a better alternative marker for latent TB infection diagnosis among immunocompromised individuals.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20010069 DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e328334895e
Source DB: PubMed Journal: AIDS ISSN: 0269-9370 Impact factor: 4.177