Comparative utility of cytokine levels and quantitative RD-1-specific T cell responses for rapid immunodiagnosis of tuberculous meningitis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3971-3976

  Patel, Vinod B ^a   Singh, Ravesh ^b   Connolly, Cathy ^c   Kasprowicz, Victoria ^b   Ndung'u, Thumbi ^b   Dheda, Keertan ^d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; GAMMA INTERFERON; GAMMA INTERFERON INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 10; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; FEMALE; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCORMYCOSIS; NEUROSYPHILIS; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; VIRUS MENINGITIS;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 80355137251     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01128-11     Document Type: Article

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