Electroimmunotransferblot assay for the detection of mycobacterial antigens in the cerebrospinal fluid for diagnosis of tubercular meningitis

Indian Journal of Tuberculosis

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 141-147

  Venkatesh, K ^a   Parija, Subhash Chandra ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Antigen detection; CSF; EITB; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Tubercular meningitis

Indexed keywords

HUMAN ALBUMIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN; MYCOBACTERIUM ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ELECTROIMMUNOASSAY; ELECTROIMMUNOTRANSFERBLOT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 79952058214     PISSN: 00195707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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