Comparison of an adenosine deaminase assay with ELISA for the diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis infection

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Kashyap, Rajpal S ^a   Ramteke, Sonali P ^a   Deshpande, Poonam S ^a   Purohit, Hemant J ^b   Taori, Girdhar M ^a   Daginawala, Hatim F ^a  

^a CSIR CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS   (India)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

ADA; Diagnosis; ELISA; TBM

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; ANTIGEN 85; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MYCOBACTERIUM ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANTIGEN PURIFICATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 34548690585     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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