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SUBMITTER: Walker NF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9470104 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Walker N F NF Karim F F Moosa M Y S MYS Moodley S S Mazibuko M M Khan K K Khan K K Sterling T R TR van der Heijden Y F YF Grant A D AD Elkington P T PT Pym A A Leslie A A
The Journal of infectious diseases 20220901 5
Current methods for tuberculosis treatment monitoring are suboptimal. We evaluated plasma matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) and procollagen III N-terminal propeptide concentrations before and during tuberculosis treatment as biomarkers. Plasma MMP-1, MMP-8, and MMP-10 concentrations significantly decreased during treatment. Plasma MMP-8 was increased in sputum Mycobacterium tuberculosis culture-positive relative to culture-negative participants, before (median, 4993 pg/mL [interquartile range, 2542 ...[more]