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System for Efficacy and Cytotoxicity Screening of Inhibitors Targeting Intracellular Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Published on: April 5, 2017
T-lymphocyte determination in tuberculosis
Abstract:
T-lymphocyte determinations in patients with acute untreated tuberculosis showed a significantly higher mean value than determinations in a control group. This finding is in contrast to earlier investigations in non-selected series. The increased mean value was found to be due mainly to increased T-lymphocyte numbers in patients with severe tuberculosis. The amount of T-lymphocytes in chronic alcoholics did not differ significantly from those in other patients. There was no correlation between the number of T cells and the size of reaction in tuberculin skin tests.
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