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| Pedral-Sampaio,Diana Brasil; Netto,Eduardo Martins; Brites,Carlos; Bandeira,Antonio Carlos; Guerra,Conceição; Barberin,Maria Goreth; Badaró,Roberto. |
| It has been postulated that deficient or incomplete clinical and/or microbiological response to tuberculosis treatment is associated with cell-mediated immunological dysfunction involving monocytes and macrophages. A phase 2 safety trial was conducted by treating patients with either recombinant human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (rhu-GM-CSF) or a placebo, both in combination with anti-tuberculosis chemotherapy. Thirty-one patients with documented pulmonary tuberculosis were treated with rifampin/isoniazid for six months, plus pyrazinamide for the first two months. At the beginning of treatment, rhu-GM-CSF (125µg/M²) was randomly assigned to 16 patients and injected subcutaneously twice weekly for four weeks; the other 15 patients... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Tuberculosis; GM-CSF; Treatment. |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702003000400004 |
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