Comparative evaluation of a PCR assay with an in-house ELISA method for diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Nagdev, Khushboo J ^a   Kashyap, Rajpal S ^a   Deshpande, Poonam S ^a   Purohit, Hemant J ^b   Taori, Girdhar M ^a   Daginawala, Hatim F ^a  

^a CSIR CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS   (India)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Comparative evaluation; ELISA; PCR; TBM

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PRIMER DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROCEDURES; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHEMISTRY, CLINICAL; CHILD; DNA PRIMERS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 79955527761     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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