Cytokine and Antibody Based Diagnostic Algorithms for Sputum Culture-Positive Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
<h4>Background</h4>Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the most serious infectious diseases globally and has high mortality rates. A variety of diagnostic tests are available, yet none are wholly reliable. Serum cytokines, although significantly and frequently induced by different diseases and t...
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| Main Authors: | Tao Chen, Jinfei Lin, Wei Wang, Joy Fleming, Liang Chen, Yunxia Wang, Haicheng Li, Huixin Guo, Jie Zhou, Xunxun Chen, Yuhui Chen, Qinghua Liao, Yang Shu, Yaoju Tan, Meiling Yu, Guozhou Li, Lin Zhou, Qiu Zhong, Lijun Bi, Lina Guo, Meigui Zhao |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2015-01-01
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| Series: | PLoS ONE |
| Online Access: | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0144705&type=printable |
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