Quantitative and qualitative profiles of circulating monocytes may help identifying tuberculosis infection and disease stages.

Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the most important cause of morbidity and death among infectious diseases, and continuous efforts are needed to improve diagnostic tools and therapy. Previous published studies showed that the absolute cells number of monocytes or lymphocytes in peripheral blood or yet th...

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Main Authors: Marco Pio La Manna, Valentina Orlando, Francesco Dieli, Paola Di Carlo, Antonio Cascio, Gilda Cuzzi, Fabrizio Palmieri, Delia Goletti, Nadia Caccamo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5313257?pdf=render