Seroprevalence of Aspergillus-specific IgG antibody among Mozambican Tuberculosis Patients

Helmut Salzer; Isabel Massango; Nilesh Bhatt; Emelva Machonisse; Maja Reimann; Sven Heldt; Christoph Lange; Michael Hoelscher; Celso Khosa; Andrea Rachow

doi:10.3390/jof7080595

Seroprevalence of Aspergillus-specific IgG antibody among Mozambican Tuberculosis Patients

Helmut Salzer
, Isabel Massango
, Nilesh Bhatt
, Emelva Machonisse
, Maja Reimann
, Sven Heldt
, Christoph Lange
, Michael Hoelscher
, Celso Khosa
, Andrea Rachow

Department of Internal Medicine 4 - Pneumology and Infectious Diseases

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Abstract

Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis (CPA) is a life-threatening sequel in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB). Aspergillus-specific IgG antibody is a useful diagnostic biomarker supporting CPA diagnosis, especially in countries with limited health recourses.

Original language	English
Article number	595
Pages (from-to)	595
Number of pages	1
Journal	Journal of Fungi
Volume	7
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/jof7080595
Publication status	Published - Jul 2021

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304 Medical Biotechnology
305 Other Human Medicine, Health Sciences
301 Medical-Theoretical Sciences, Pharmacy
302 Clinical Medicine

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Seroprevalence of Aspergillus-specific IgG antibody among Mozambican Tuberculosis Patients

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