Detection by Flow Cytometry of ESAT-6- and PPD-Specific Circulating CD4+ T Lymphocytes as a Diagnostic Tool for Tuberculosis - Concepedia

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Detection by Flow Cytometry of ESAT-6- and PPD-Specific Circulating CD4+ T Lymphocytes as a Diagnostic Tool for Tuberculosis

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2006

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Lorenzo Cosmi, Laura Maggi, Veronica Santarlasci, Francesco Liotta, Francesca Frosali, Roberta Angeli, Marcello Mazzetti, Alessandra Vultaggio, Andrea Matucci, Enrico Maggi,

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Abstract

The identification by flow cytometry of antigen-specific T lymphocytes upon antigen stimulation of whole blood has a better positive predictive value than TST, and could represent a further tool in the diagnosis of TB infection.

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