T-cell-based assays on cerebrospinal fluid and PBMCs for rapid diagnosis of TB meningitis in non-HIV patients

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 768-770

  Park, K H ^a   Cho, O H ^a   Lee, E M ^b   Lee, S O ^a   Choi, S H ^a   Kim, Y S ^a   Woo, J H ^a   Kang, J K ^a   Lee, S A ^a   Kim, S H ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Ulsan University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; CULTURE FILTRATE PROTEIN 10; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

CELL ASSAY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; HUMAN; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 84860351070     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00098111     Document Type: Letter

References (10)

1. Kim SH, Cho OH, Park SJ, et al. Rapid diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis by T cell-based assays on peripheral blood and cerebrospinal fluid mononuclear cells. Clin Infect Dis 2010; 50: 1349-1358.
2. Patel VB, Singh R, Connolly C, et al. Cerebrospinal T-cell responses aid in the diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis in a human immunodeficiency virus- and tuberculosis-endemic population. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2010; 182: 569-577.
3. Marais S, Thwaites G, Schoeman JF, et al. Tuberculous meningitis: a uniform case definition for use in clinical research. Lancet Infect Dis 2010; 10: 803-812.
4. Kim SH, Choi SJ, Kim HB, et al. Diagnostic usefulness of a T-cell based assay for extrapulmonary tuberculosis. Arch Intern Med 2007; 167: 2255-2259.
5. Jafari C, Ernst M, Strassburg A, et al. Local immunodiagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis by enzyme-linked immunospot. Eur Respir J 2008; 31: 261-265.
6. Jafari C, Lange C. Suttons's law: local immunodiagnosis of tuberculosis. Infection 2008; 36: 510-514.
7. Kosters K, Nau R, Bossink A, et al. Rapid diagnosis of CNS tuberculosis by a T-cell interferon-γ release assay on cerebrospinal fluid mononuclear cells. Infection 2008; 36: 597-600.
8. Dheda K, van Zyl-Smit RN, Sechi LA, et al. Utility of quantitative T-cell responses versus unstimulated interferon-γ for the diagnosis of pleural tuberculosis. Eur Respir J 2009; 34: 1118-1126.
9. Burgess LJ, Reuter H, Carstens ME, et al. The use of adenosine deaminase and interferon-γ as diagnostic tools for tuberculous pericarditis. Chest 2002; 122: 900-905.
10. Sharma SK, Tahir M, Mohan A, et al. Diagnostic accuracy of ascitic fluid IFN-γ and adenosine deaminase assays in the diagnosis of tuberculous ascites. J Interferon Cytokine Res 2006; 26: 484-488. (Pubitemid 44061088)