Diagnostic approaches in patients with tuberculous pleural effusion

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 389-394

  Anie, Y ^a   Sumi, S ^a   Varghese, Philip ^b   Madhavi, Latha G K ^b   Sathish, Mundayoor ^b   Radhakrishnan, V V ^a  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b RAJIV GANDHI CENTRE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

ELISA; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; PCR; Pleural effusion; Pleural tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL DNA; TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATED GLYCOLIPID ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DNA EXTRACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GLYCOLIPIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PLEURAL EFFUSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS, PLEURAL;

EID: 36549082341     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2007.06.022     Document Type: Article

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