Rapid diagnosis of cns tuberculosis by a T-cell interferon-γ release assay on cerebrospinal fluid mononuclear cells

Infection

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 597-600

  Kosters K ^a   Nau, R ^b   Bossink, A ^c   Greiffendorf, I ^a   Jentsch, M ^a   Ernst, M ^d   Thijsen, S ^c   Hinks, T ^e   Lalvani, A ^e   Lange, C ^d  

^a Klinikum Krefeld   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY   (Netherlands)

^d RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; DEXAMETHASONE; ETHAMBUTOL; GLUCOSE; ISONIAZID; LINEZOLID; MOXIFLOXACIN; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN; GAMMA INTERFERON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUBERCULOSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; GLUCOSE BRAIN LEVEL; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE MIGRATION; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; T CELL INTERFERON GAMMA RELEASE ASSAY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOMA; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; IMMUNOLOGY; INTRACRANIAL TUBERCULOMA; MICROBIOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE; TIME;

ADULT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOMA, INTRACRANIAL; TUBERCULOSIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 62249141779     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-007-7316-0     Document Type: Article

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