Anti-cord factor (trehalose 6,6'-dimycolate) IgG antibody in tuberculosis patients recognizes mycolic acid subclasses

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 863-869

  Pan, Jiongwei ^a   Fujiwara, Nagatoshi ^a   Oka, Shiro ^a   Maekura, Ryoji ^b   Ogura, Takeshi ^b   Yano, Ikuya ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TONEYAMA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anti cord factor antibody; Methoxy mycolic acid; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Serodiagnosis

Indexed keywords

CORD FACTOR; EPITOPE; GLYCOLIPID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; MYCOLIC ACID; TREHALOSE;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; SERODIAGNOSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX (MAC); MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0032886437     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1999.tb01221.x     Document Type: Article

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