Rapid screening test for tuberculosis using a 38-kDa antigen from Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 126-129

  Rosales Borjas, Disney M ^a,c   Zambrano Villa, Sergio ^b   Elinos, Martha ^d   Kasem, Harum ^a   Osuna, Antonio ^c   Mancilla, Raúl ^d   Ortiz Ortiz, Librado ^c,d  

^a Hosp Univ Dr Miguel Oraá   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Acid fast bacilli; Diagnosis; ELISA; Immunodot; Lung infection; Serology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SCREENING TEST;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS;

BACILLI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0031890190     PISSN: 08878013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2825(1998)12:2<126::AID-JCLA9>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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