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ArticleAnnals of medicine and surgery (2012)2026

Occurrence of drug resistance, associated risk factors, and expression of cytokine IL-33 in human TB patients.

Sidra Aslam, Sultan Ali, Shafia Tehseen Gul, Muhammad Imran Arshad

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Article in Annals of medicine and surgery (2012), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Sidra AslamInstitute of Microbiology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Sultan AliInstitute of Microbiology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Shafia Tehseen GulDepartment of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Muhammad Imran ArshadDepartment of Epidemiology and Public Health, Faculty of Health and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan.

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Abstract

Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is a contagious disease caused by Methods: A total of 152 serum and pleural fluid samples from symptomatically suspected patients were collected, and Gene Xpert confirmed 54 male and 28 female patients as positive for TB. The confirmed TB samples were subjected to enzyme linked immunosorbent assay, and complete blood analysis was performed in comparison to healthy controls. Results: Out of 82 Gene Xpert-detected positive samples of Conclusion: The pleural TB patients were resistant to the first-line drug rifampicin, and cytokine IL-33 was increased in pleural TB patients across all age groups.

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adenosine deaminaseinterleukin-33lactate dehydrogenasetuberculous pleural effusion

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