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Diagnosis of Tuberculous Meningitis Due to Detection of ESAT-6-Specific Gamma Interferon Production in Cerebrospinal Fluid Enzyme-Linked Immunospot Assay
- Source :
- Clinical and Vaccine Immunology. 15:897-899
- Publication Year :
- 2008
- Publisher :
- American Society for Microbiology, 2008.
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Abstract
- A coma patient was diagnosed with tuberculous meningitis by the detection of ESAT-6-specific gamma interferon-secreting cells in the patient's cerebrospinal fluid by enzyme-linked immunospot assay prior to the identification of the pathogen in a culture of the cerebrospinal fluid.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Microbiology (medical)
Clinical Biochemistry
Immunology
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
Case Report
complex mixtures
Tuberculous meningitis
Interferon-gamma
Cerebrospinal fluid
Bacterial Proteins
Gamma interferon
medicine
Humans
Immunology and Allergy
Interferon gamma
Pathogen
CSF albumin
Antigens, Bacterial
business.industry
hemic and immune systems
medicine.disease
Antibodies, Bacterial
Tuberculosis, Meningeal
ESAT-6
Female
Enzyme linked immunospot assay
business
medicine.drug
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 1556679X and 15566811
- Volume :
- 15
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Clinical and Vaccine Immunology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....91c601dea9e5c44f6e60f1e1a734bc41