The Assessment of Serum Fibronectin Levels as a Potential Biomarker for the Severity of Drug-Sensitive Pulmonary Tuberculosis: A Pilot Study.

Shreedhar Kulkarni Sumalatha Arunachala Sindaghatta Krishnarao Chaya Rekha Vaddarahalli ShankaraSettyMedha KarnikNidhi BansalSukanya Ravindran Komarla Sundararaja LokeshMikash MohanMohammed Kaleem UllahJayaraj Biligere SiddaiahMahesh Padukudru Anand

Published in: Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) (2023)

The Fn levels are lower in tuberculosis patients and are negatively correlated with severity based on sputum mycobacterial load and chest radiographs. The Fn levels may serve as a potential biomarker for assessing TB severity, which could have implications for early diagnosis and treatment monitoring.

Keyphrases

pulmonary tuberculosis
mycobacterium tuberculosis
end stage renal disease
chronic kidney disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors
emergency department
peritoneal dialysis
patient reported