Cellular and humoral immunity to purified protein derivative (PPD) in PPD skin reactive and nonreactive patients with pulmonary tuberculosis: Comparative analysis of antigen-specific lymphocyte proliferation and IgG antibodies

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 301-305

  Boras, Zagorka ^a,b,c,d   Juretić, Antonio ^a,b,c,d   Rudolf, Marija ^a,b,c,d   Úarevic, Branka ^a,b,c,d   Treščec, Anda ^a,b,c,d  

^a University Hospital for Lung Diseases Jordanovac   (Croatia)

^b Radiotherapy Department   (Croatia)

^c KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

^d INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Antibody specificity; IgG; Immunity; T lymphocytes; Tuberculin test; Tuberculosis, pulmonary

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; TUBERCULIN;

ADULT; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, ANTI-IDIOTYPIC; ANTIBODY FORMATION; CELL DIVISION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TUBERCULIN; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0036080873     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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