Cytokine/chemokine secretion for detecting tuberculosis in quantiferon supernatants from HIV+ and HIV- children

J Infect. 2017 Jul;75(1):77-80. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2017.04.009. Epub 2017 May 3.
No abstract available

Keywords: Biomarkers; Children; Co-infection; HIV/Tuberculosis; QuantiFERON.

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Case-Control Studies
  • Chemokines / analysis*
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Cytokines / analysis*
  • Female
  • HIV Infections / complications*
  • HIV Infections / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Interferon-gamma Release Tests / methods*
  • Latent Tuberculosis / complications
  • Latent Tuberculosis / diagnosis*
  • Latent Tuberculosis / immunology
  • Male
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / complications
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / diagnosis*
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / immunology

Substances

  • Chemokines
  • Cytokines