1. [Innovative strategies to diagnose and monitor tuberculosis patients].
- Author
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Palma-Nicolás JP and Bocanegra-García V
- Subjects
- Antigens, Bacterial immunology, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, Humans, Immunoglobulin G immunology, Immunoglobulin M immunology, Lipids immunology, Mycobacterium tuberculosis immunology, Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolation & purification, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Reproducibility of Results, Tuberculosis, Pulmonary microbiology, Antibodies, Antiphospholipid immunology, Tuberculosis, Pulmonary diagnosis, Tuberculosis, Pulmonary immunology
- Abstract
Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the single most deadly microorganism worldwide. A third of the world population is thought to have latent tuberculosis and approximately 2 million people die of the disease each year. Short and closely supervised treatment regimens are needed, but it is also essential to develop new strategies to ensure prompt diagnosis of the disease. In particular, cheap methods are needed to tackle tuberculosis from a population perspective. The present article reviews the advances in immunology and molecular strategies for epidemiological diagnosis and monitoring of tuberculosis patients.
- Published
- 2007
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