Field test of a novel detection device for Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigen in cough

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  McNerney, Ruth ^a   Wondafrash, Beyene A ^a,b   Amena, Kebede ^b   Tesfaye, Ato ^b   McCash, Elaine M ^c   Murray, Nicol J ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Adama Hospital   (Ethiopia)

^c Rapid Biosensor Systems Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYCOBACTERIUM ANTIGEN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; ANALYZER; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BREATH ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EXHALATION; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; IMMUNOSENSOR; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEBULIZATION; NONHUMAN; PILOT STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SPUTUM CYTODIAGNOSIS; SPUTUM EXAMINATION; SPUTUM SMEAR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHIOPIA; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENETIC PROCEDURES; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; BREATH TESTS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PILOT PROJECTS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954050102     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-10-161     Document Type: Article

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