Intestinal nematodes and pulmonary tuberculosis
Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop
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35(5): 533-535, Sept.-Oct. 2002. tab
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Dans Anglais
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ABSTRACT
We report a significantly higher prevalence of intestinal nematodes in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) compared to a matched control group 33/57 (57.8 percent) in patients with TB and 18/86 (20.9 percent) in the control group; OR=5.19; 95 percent CI= 2.33-11.69; p=0.000). When TB patients eosinophilia was also significantly higher among those with intestinal parasites (69.8 percent) compared to those without this condition (45.6 percent). We hypothesized that the immune modulation induced by nematodes is a factor that enhances TB infection/progression and that eosinophilia seen in TB patients is a consequence of helminth infection
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Sujet Principal:
Tuberculose pulmonaire
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Nématodoses
Type d'étude:
Étude observationnelle
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Facteurs de risque
Limites du sujet:
Animaux
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Humains
langue:
Anglais
Texte intégral:
Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop
Thème du journal:
Médecine tropicale
Année:
2002
Type:
Article
Pays d'affiliation:
Brésil
Institution/Pays d'affiliation:
Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo/BR
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