Interferon γ quantification in cerebrospinal fluid compared with PCR for the diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 253, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1323-1330

  Juan, Rafael San ^a   Sánchez Suárez, Carmen ^a   Rebollo, María J ^a   Folgueira, Dolores ^a   Palenque, Elia ^a   Ortuño, Blanca ^a   Lumbreras, Carlos ^a   Aguado, José M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Interferon gamma; Meningitis; PCR; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER CURVE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; MALE; MENINGITIS, ASEPTIC; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MENINGITIS, VIRAL; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROC CURVE; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 33750608220     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-006-0215-y     Document Type: Article

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