Evaluation of a rapid immunochromatographic test for the serologic diagnosis of tuberculosis in Italy

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 632-639

  Bartoloni, Alessandro ^a   Strohmeyer, M ^a   Bartalesi, F ^a   Messeri, D ^a   Tortoli, E ^b   Farese, A ^b   Leoncini, F ^b   Nutini, S ^b   Righi, R ^b   Gabbuti, A ^c   Mazzotta, F ^c   Paradisi, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c SANTA MARIA ANNUNZIATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

ICT tuberculosis; Immunochromatographic assay; Serodiagnosis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BCG VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN PURIFICATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EUROPE; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; ITALY; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PERFORMANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SPUTUM SMEAR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS BCG; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0043028381     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0691.2003.00574.x     Document Type: Article

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