Prevalence and association of sIgA in saliva and Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in TB patients: a cross-sectional study

Abstract

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is pathogenic in immunocompromised individuals. It has several complex mechanisms for evading human immunity. The objective of the study was to examine the secretory immunoglobulin A (sIgA) mediated immune response in saliva to detect P. aeruginosa in pulmonary tuberculosis.

Keywords

• immunity
• immunoglobulin a
• lung infection
• pathogenic
• pseudomonas aeruginosa
• respiratory tract
• saliva