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Impact of Coinfection on Disease Severity and Treatment Outcomes in Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
Open Forum Infect Dis
March 2025
National Institutes of Health-NIAID-International Center for Excellence in Research, Chennai, India.
Background: This study investigates how (Ss) infection impacts pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) treatment outcomes, disease severity, and bacterial burdens in PTB patients with Ss coinfection.
Methods: We used chest x-rays and sputum smear grades to assess lung conditions and bacterial loads in 483 PTB patients. Ss infection was confirmed by seropositivity, and cytokine and profibrotic factor levels were analyzed using multiplex enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.