Use of ESAT-6 and CFP-10 antigens for diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis [2]

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 175-176

  Munk, Martin E ^a   Arend, Sandra M ^b   Brock, Inger ^a   Ottenhoff, Tom H M ^b   Andersen, Peter ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULIN;

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; SERODIAGNOSIS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; INTERFERON TYPE II; SKIN TESTS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0035168872     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/317663     Document Type: Letter

References (5)

1. Treatment of tuberculosis in patients with advanced human immunodeficiency virus infection
2. Differential T cell responses to Mycobacterium tuberculosis ESAT-6 in tuberculosis patients and healthy donors
3. Diagnosis of tuberculosis based on the two specific antigens ESAT-6 and CFP10
4. Human T cell responses to the ESAT-6 antigen from Mycobacterium tuberculosis
5. Detection of active tuberculosis infection by T cell responses to early-secreted antigenic target 6-kDa protein and culture filtrate protein 10