Serum Therapy for Tuberculosis Revisited: Reappraisal of the Role of Antibody-Mediated Immunity againstMycobacterium tuberculosis

A Glatman-Freedman, A Casadevall - Clinical microbiology …, 1998 - Am Soc Microbiol
Fifty years after the introduction of the first effective antimicrobial agents against
Mycobacterium tuberculosis, this pathogen continues to be a tremendous public health …

Granulomatous inflammation and the transmission of infection: schistosomiasis-and TBtoo?

MJ Doenhoff - Immunology today, 1998 - cell.com
Immune-dependent granulomatous inflammation is important in the pathogenesis of both
schistosomiasis and tuberculosis. A case has previously been made for a role for …

Involvement of antilipoarabinomannan antibodies in classical complement activation in tuberculosis

G Hetland, HG Wiker, K Høgåsen… - Clinical Diagnostic …, 1998 - Am Soc Microbiol
We examined alternative and classical complement activation induced by whole bacilli of
Mycobacterium bovis BCG and Mycobacterium tuberculosis products. After exposure to …