The association of IL-17A rs2275913 single nucleotide polymorphism with anti-tuberculous drug resistance in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis.

Asmaa A ElmadboulyAbeer Mohammed Abdul-MohymenHeba H EltrawyHanaa A Abou ElhasanAzza Ali AlthoqapyDoaa R Amin

Published in: Journal, genetic engineering & biotechnology (2023)

Polymorphism in IL-17 -197 G > A (rs2275913) resulted in higher serum levels of IL-17 and Egyptian patients with such polymorphism are three times at risk of infection with DR-TB strains than patients with wild type.

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pulmonary tuberculosis
wild type
mycobacterium tuberculosis
escherichia coli
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