Early Detection of Tuberculous Meningitis Using One Step Competitive ELISA

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 531-538

  Naidu, Aarti K ^a   Gogate, Alka ^a  

^a LOKMANYA TILAK MUNICIPAL MEDICAL COLLEGE AND GENERAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

ELISA; Tuberculous meningitis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 0031243185     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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