Lymphocytes are crucial in the immune defence against Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) infection. The aim of the present study was to ascertain whether or not MTB-specific lymphocytes are selectively compartmentalised in the lungs of patients with minimal active pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB). Patients with smear-negative MTB-culture-confirmed PTB were prospectively recruited. Differential cell c...

Abstract Background Herpes zoster (HZ) infection of hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) patients is clinical concern. Vaccination could help restore immunity to varicella virus (VZV); however, temporal changes in immunogenicity and safety live HZ vaccines after HSCT still unclear. The aim this study was elucidate the vaccine according time since determine optimal timing vaccination. Metho...

results we found 28 cases with positive results for b. melitensis by multiplex pcr technique which was significantly different from of sat (p<0.05). six samples were positive for b. abortus by pcr. conclusion the results of present study showed that multiplex pcr assay is a rapid and sensitive technique for diagnosis of brucellosis compared to sat. however it is more accurate when coupled with ...

conclusions the present findings reveal a relatively high presence of anti-hev iggs and clearly indicate that hev infection is still present in northern algeria. further, the prediction of hev genotype using different antigens generated from the different hev genotypes shows that the causative strains are more likely to be of genotype 1. background two hepatitis e virus (hev) outbreaks occurred...

background rheumatoid arthritis (ra) is the most common chronic inflammatory disease of unknown etiology. in this regard, the role of bacterial superantigens (as an effective agent) were considered. objectives this study aimed to assess staphylococcal enterotoxin e in the blood of patients with rheumatoid arthritis. patients and methods a total of 83 blood samples of patients with ra were studi...