Serodiagnostic Contributions of Antibody Titers against Mycobacterial Lipid Antigens inMycobacterium aviumComplex Pulmonary Disease
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Serodiagnostic contributions of antibody titers against mycobacterial lipid antigens in Mycobacterium avium complex pulmonary disease.
BACKGROUND Although the incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis is decreasing, the number of immunocompetent patients with Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) pulmonary disease is steadily increasing. Therefore, albeit not contagious, MAC pulmonary disease needs to be diagnosed rapidly and accurately. We examined the serodiagnostic contributions of serum immunoglobulin G antibody titers against the s...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Infectious Diseases
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1058-4838,1537-6591
DOI: 10.1086/600888