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Chinese Journal of Antituberculosis ›› 2015, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (4): 393-396.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-6621.2015.04.013

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The diagnosis and differential diagnosis value of interferon gamma induced protein 10 (IP-10) in tuberculosis

HE Hua, ZHOU Yu-jie, WEN Gao-yan, WANG Xin-ning, DING Chang, ZENG Yi   

  1. Department of Differential Diag-nosis, Nanjing Chest Hospital, Nanjing 210029,China
  • Received:2014-08-23 Online:2015-04-10 Published:2015-04-03
  • Contact: ZENG Yi E-mail:zengyi163@sohu.com

Abstract: Tuberculosis is a public health and social issue of global concern, and its diagnosis and treatment are crucial in recent years, new Chemokine gamma interferon-inducible protein-10 (IP-10) was discovered, and its clinical application value in tuberculosis (including pulmonary tuberculosis, tuberculous pleurisy, extrapulmonary tuberculosis) has been investigated. The author reviewed literatures to analyze the diagnosis and differential diagnosis value of IP-10 in tuberculosis.

Key words: Tuberculosis/diagnosis, Chemokine CXCL10, Diagnosis, differential