Clinical applications of the radioimmunoassay of secretory tuberculoprotein. | Zendy

Eugene Straus | Zendy; Ning Wu | Zendy; Mashrura Quraishi | Zendy; Samuel C. Levine | Zendy

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Clinical applications of the radioimmunoassay of secretory tuberculoprotein.

Author(s) -

Eugene Straus,

Ning Wu,

Mashrura Quraishi,

Samuel C. Levine

Publication year - 1981

Publication title -

proceedings of the national academy of sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 5.011

H-Index - 771

eISSN - 1091-6490

pISSN - 0027-8424

DOI - 10.1073/pnas.78.5.3214

Subject(s) - radioimmunoassay , mycobacterium tuberculosis , sputum , isoniazid , microbiology and biotechnology , in vitro , antibiotics , tuberculosis , mycobacterium , chemistry , medicine , biology , biochemistry , pathology

A radioimmunoassay that measures a specific secretory tuberculoprotein was used to detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis in 9 of 30 liquid cultures of sputum. The accumulation of immunoreactive material in liquid cultures containing isoniazid was shown to reflect in vitro susceptibility of mycobacteria to the antibiotic effects of the drug.

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