Evaluation of adenosine deaminase activity in the mycobacterium tuberculosis culture supernatants

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 358-359

  Bañales, José Luis ^a,b   Rivera Martínez, Eduardo ^a,b   Pérez González, Lina ^a   Selman, Moisés ^a   Raymond, Yves ^c   Nava, Arnulfo ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES RESPIRATORIAS   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CARDIOLOGÍA IGNACIO CHÁVEZ   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adenosine deaminase; Diagnosis; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Tuberculosis; Tuberculous pleurisy

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; DEOXYADENOSINE; DEOXYINOSINE; INOSINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEAMINATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HOST; HYDROLYSIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPHOCYTE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PLEURA EFFUSION; SUPERNATANT; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY;

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; CULTURE MEDIA; EVALUATION STUDIES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0345008874     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0188-0128(99)00045-7     Document Type: Article

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