The value of pleural fluid anti-A60 IgM in BCG-vaccinated tuberculous pleurisy patients

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 212-220

  Kunter, E ^a   Cerrahoglu, K ^a   Ilvan, A ^a   Isitmangil, T ^a   Turken, O ^a   Okutan, O ^a   Kartaloglu, Z ^a   Cavuslu, S ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

BCG vaccination; Mantoux test; Serology; Tuberculous pleurisy

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MYCOBACTERIUM ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY;

MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS BCG;

EID: 0037368594     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0691.2003.00536.x     Document Type: Article

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