Detection of antibody to Mycobacterium tuberculosis protein antigens in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with tuberculous meningitis

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 186, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 678-683

  Chandramuki, Akepati ^a   Lyashchenko, Konstantin ^b,d   Veena Kumari, Haradara Bahubali ^a   Khanna, Neelam ^a   Brusasca, PierNatale ^b,e   Gourie Devi, Mandavalli ^a   Satishchandra, Parthasarathy ^a   Shankar, Sursarla Krishna ^a   Ravi, Vasanthapuram ^a   Alcabes, Philip ^c   Kanaujia, Ganga Vishnu ^b   Gennaro, Maria Laura ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d Chembio Diagnostic Systems   (United States)

^e Bioindustry Park Del Canavese SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; MYCOBACTERIUM ANTIGEN; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION COMPLICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 0036721259     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/342293     Document Type: Article

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