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Oct 2026
Age-dependent immune heterogeneity and the limited diagnostic utility of peripheral blood biomarkers in pediatric tuberculosis: a real-world cohort study with multidimensional model evaluation
Background Pediatric tuberculosis (TB) remains a diagnostic challenge due to atypical presentations and low pathogen detection rates. Overlapping clinical features with Mycoplasma pneumoniae (MP) infection further complicate differential diagnosis. Immune-inflammatory parameters are age-dependent, yet how age modifies...
Ai-Feng Liu, Jun Deng, Hong-Mei Chen et al.
· Frontiers in Immunology · 0 citations