Rapid diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis using the Simple Dot ELISA method

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2003, Pages

  Kashyap, Rajpal S ^a   Kainthla, Rani P ^a   Biswas, Saibal K ^b   Agarwal, Neha ^a   Chandak, Nitin ^a   Purohit, Hemant J ^c   Taori, Girdhar M ^a   Daginawala, Hatim F ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Dot ELISA; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Tuberculous meningitis

Indexed keywords

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

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOT ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNIQUE; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

ANTIGENS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 1642565246     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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