Longitudinal trends in serum levels of mycobacterial secretory (30 kD) and cytoplasmic (65 kD) antigens during chemotherapy of pulmonary tuberculosis patients

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 363-369

  Sethna, Kamal B ^a   Mistry, Nerges F ^a   Dholakia, Yatin ^b   Antia, Noshir H ^a   Harboe, Morten ^c  

^a FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b Maharashtra Lokhita Sera Mandal G   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; MYCOBACTERIUM ANTIGEN; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; TIME;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ETHAMBUTOL; HUMANS; ISONIAZID; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPIN; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0031767347     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365549850160657     Document Type: Article

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