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Article: Serum IgE levels higher in tuberculosis patients coinfected with HIV/parasites.
- Article from:
- Gastroenterology Week
- Article date:
- November 29, 2004
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2004 NOV 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Serum IgE levels are higher in tuberculosis patients coinfected with HIV or intestinal parasites.
According to published research from Japan, "Tuberculosis remains a major health problem worldwide in the era of HIV/AIDS. Co-infection with intestinal parasites has been suggested to worsen the outcome of infection by polarizing the immune response towards Th2.
"This study investigated serum IgE levels of 241 tuberculosis patients and compared the IgE profiles in the tuberculosis patients either with or without intestinal helminthic infection and/or HIV infection."
"The serum levels of IgE in tuberculosis ...