Combined Use of Mycobacterium tuberculosis-Specific CD4 and CD8 T-Cell Responses Is a Powerful Diagnostic Tool of Active Tuberculosis

Rozot, Virginie ; Patrizia, Amelio ; Vigano, Selena ; Mazza-Stalder, Jesica ; Idrizi, Elita ; Day, Cheryl L. ; Perreau, Matthieu ; Lazor-Blanchet, Catherine ; Ohmiti, Khalid ; Goletti, Delia ; Bart, Pierre-Alexandre ; Hanekom, Willem ; Scriba, Thomas J. ; Nicod, Laurent ; Pantaleo, Giuseppe ; Harari, Alexandre

In: Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2015, vol. 60, no. 3, p. 432-437

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    Summary
    Immune-based assays are promising tools to help to formulate diagnosis of active tuberculosis. A multiparameter flow cytometry assay assessing T-cell responses specific to Mycobacterium tuberculosis and the combination of both CD4 and CD8 T-cell responses accurately discriminated between active tuberculosis and latent infection