Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Hospitals KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, *Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Hospital, MalmoÈ , Sweden, 2Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, St. George's Hospital Medical School, University of London, London, UK, 3King's College, University of London, UK and §Department of Electrical Engineering, ESAT-SISTA, Katholieke Un...

A novel immunogenic antigen, the 6-kDa early secretory antigenic target (ESAT-6), from short-term culture filtrates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis was purified by hydrophobic interaction chromatography and anion-exchange chromatography by use of fast protein liquid chromatography. The antigen focused at two different pIs of 4.0 and 4.5 during isoelectric focusing, and each of these components se...

Presence of early secretory antigenic target-6 (ESAT-6)-specific, interferon- gamma -secreting T cells in blood accurately marks tuberculosis infection. In tuberculous pleural effusions from 10 patients with tuberculosis, these cells were concentrated a mean of 15-fold (standard deviation, +/-6-fold), relative to their level in peripheral blood (P=.014), and displayed rapid effector function. S...

The development of efficient methods for non-invasive collection alveolar lining fluid (ALF) samples containing pulmonary surfactant (PS) components and the study surface activity obtained native material is relevant diagnosis inflammatory pneumopathies lungs. paper presents an electrostatic aerosol trapping (ESAT) mobile complex capturing droplets ALF contained in exhaled air. Passing air thro...

Cette contribution s’intéresse à l’impact de la pandémie COVID-19 sur les Établissements et Services d’Aide par le Travail (ESAT) français partir d’entretiens conduits auprès directeurs d’établissements situés dans milieu rural urbain Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (France). Afin situer ESAT leur contexte national, un premier temps est consacré rappeler genèse fonctionnement ce dispositif, mis en ...