Interpretation of mycobacterial antibodies in the cerebrospinal fluid of adults with tuberculous meningitis

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 653-658

  Restrepo, Blanca I ^a,b   Pino, Paula A ^a,b   Volcy, Michel ^c   Franco, Andrés F ^c   Kanaujia, Ganga V ^d   Robledo, Jaime ^a,e  

^a Corporación para Investigaciones Biológicas ^*  (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSIDAD PONTIFICIA BOLIVARIANA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; Immunology; Meningitis; Recombinant antigens; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; ANTIBODY; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; BRAIN; DETECTION METHOD; ENZYME; IMMUNOASSAY; MENINGITIS; PROTEIN; RECOMBINATION; SERUM; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; COLOMBIA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 42449114922     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2008.02053.x     Document Type: Article

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