Mathis Steindor

Interferon-γ-response to mycobacterial glycopeptidolipids in patients with pulmonary non-tuberculous mycobacterial infection

Abstract The understanding of host responses to pulmonary infection with non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) is incomplete and immunodiagnostic tools are not established. Unlike mycobacteria of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, several NTM express glycopeptidolipids (GPLs) i...