False positive seroreactivity to brucellosis in tuberculosis patients: A prevalence study

International Journal of General Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages 207-210

  Varshochi, Mojtaba ^a,b   Majidi, Jafar ^b   Amini, Marjan ^a   Ghabili, Kamyar ^c   Shoja, Mohammadali M ^c  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; ELISA; False positive serology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BRUCELLOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOMBS TEST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEROLOGY; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84897367193     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11787074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/IJGM.S15120     Document Type: Article

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