Specific T-cell responses to Mycobacterium tuberculosis protein ESAT-6 in Chinese HIV positive individuals / 中华实验和临床病毒学杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To detect TB specific T cell responses by using the recombinant ESAT-6 protein as stimulus in Chinese HIV infected patients.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>ELISPOT-IFN-gamma assay by using the recombinant ESAT-6 protein as stimulus to detect specific T cell responses in HIV+ patients with or without clinical manifestation of TB diseases.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Recombinant ESAT-6 protein specific T cell responses show significant high frequencies in both of TB patients with or without HIV infection than that in the healthy control and HIV+ group without clinical TB diseases.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The ELISPOT-IFN-gamma assay by using recombinant ESAT-6 protein as stimulus could be used in diagnoses of TB infection in Chinese HIV infected patients.</p>