| Literature DB >> 22971781 |
Thâmara Aline Bertoni1, Maysa Cláudia Zolin Perenha-Viana, Eliana Valéria Patussi, Rosilene Fressatti Cardoso, Terezinha Inez Estivalet Svidzinski.
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Sputum and sera from 134 patients screened for tuberculosis (TB) were analyzed to investigate TB and paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM). Of these patients, 11 (8.2%) were confirmed to have TB, but six (4.5%) were positive only for PCM. All patients with PCM presented anti-43-kDa-component antibodies in Western blotting (WB) assays, while in the TB-positive patients these antibodies did not appear. This preliminary study suggests WB as a potential tool for differential laboratory diagnosis between TB and PCM.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22971781 PMCID: PMC3491544 DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00252-12
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Vaccine Immunol ISSN: 1556-679X