Clinical utility of lipoarabinomannan antibody in pleural fluid for the diagnosis of tuberculous pleurisy

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 81-83

  Yokoyama, Toshinobu ^a,b   Rikimaru, Toru ^a   Kinoshita, Takashi ^a   Kamimura, Tomoko ^a   Oshita, Yuichi ^a   Aizawa, Hisamichi ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lipoarabinomannan; Pleural effusion; Tuberculous

Indexed keywords

LIPOARABINOMANNAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY;

EID: 18444381148     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-004-0366-7     Document Type: Article

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