Immunodiagnosis of tuberculous meningitis: Rapid detection of mycobacterial antigens in cerebrospinal fluid by reverse passive hemagglutination assay and their characterization by Western blotting

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 59-64

  Katti, Muralidhar K ^a  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

CSF; Immunodiagnosis; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; RPHA; Tuberculous meningitis; Western blotting

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MYCOBACTERIUM ANTIGEN;

ACCURACY; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CELL WALL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYSTICERCUS CELLULOSAE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SHELF LIFE; SWINE; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 0034888631     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(01)00241-3     Document Type: Article

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