T-cell responses against tuberculin and sensitin in children with tuberculosis and non-tuberculosis mycobacterial lymphadenopathy

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1079-1083

  Magdorf, K ^a   Schuck, S D ^b   Leitner, S ^b   Wahn, U ^a   Kaufmann, S H E ^b   Jacobsen, M ^b,c  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INFECTION BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Childhood tuberculosis; Flow cytometry; Intracellular cytokine staining; Non tuberculosis mycobacterial; Sensitin; Tuberculin

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; SENSITIN; TUBERCULIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL STIMULATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INFANT; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NON TUBERCULOSIS MYCOBACTERIAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENSITIN TEST; SKIN TEST; T LYMPHOCYTE; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 56849105375     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2008.02084.x     Document Type: Article

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