Sensitivity and specificity of immunocytochemical staining of mycobacterial antigens in the cytoplasm of cerebrospinal fluid macrophages for diagnosing tuberculous meningitis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 3388-3391

  Shao, YuQuan ^a   Xia, Ping ^a   Zhu, Tao ^a   Zhou, Jiong ^b   Yuan, Yuan ^b   Zhang, Hao ^c   Chen, JianJun ^d   Hu, XingYue ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HANGZHOU FIRST PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

^d LISHUI PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDIAN INK; MYCOBACTERIUM ANTIGEN;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MACROPHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING AND LABELING; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052254987     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01323-11     Document Type: Article

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