Anti-16-kilodalton mycobacterial protein immunoglobulin M levels in healthy but purified protein derivative-reactive children decrease after chemoprophylaxis

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1231-1234

  Sireci, Guido ^a   Dieli, Francesco ^a   Di Liberto, Diana ^a   Buccheri, Simona ^a   La Manna, Marco Pio ^a   Scarpa, Francesco ^a   Macaluso, Pasquale ^a   Romano, Amelia ^a   Titone, Lucina ^a   Di Carlo, Paola ^a   Singh, Mahavir ^b   Ivanyi, Jurayi ^c   Salerno, Alfredo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b LIONEX DIAGNOSTICS AND THERAPEUTICS GMBH   (Germany)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 16; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; ISONIAZID; TUBERCULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CHEMOTHERAPY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONITORING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SERUM RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHAPERONINS; CHEMOPREVENTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULIN; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 34948904405     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00057-07     Document Type: Article

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