Detection of heat stable mycobacterial antigen in cerebrospinal fluid by dot-immunobinding assay

Neurology India

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 52-54

  Mathai, A ^a   Radhakrishnan, V V ^a   Sarada, C ^a   George, S M ^a  

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

Author keywords

Antigen; Cerebrospinal fluid; Dot Iba; Heat stable; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Tuberculin purified protein derivative; Tuberculous meningitis

Indexed keywords

MYCOBACTERIUM ANTIGEN; TUBERCULIN;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOT IMMUNOBINDING ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDIZATION; THERMOSTABILITY; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; HEAT; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 0041302460     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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