Open AccessDiagnosis of Tuberculous Meningitis Using a Combination of Peripheral Blood T-SPOT.TB and Cerebrospinal Fluid Interferon-γ Detection Methods
Author(s) -
Diya Lu,
Cheng Chen,
Shenglei Yu,
Shu Chen
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
laboratory medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.332
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1943-7730
pISSN - 0007-5027
DOI - 10.1093/labmed/lmv010
Subject(s) - elispot , cerebrospinal fluid , medicine , tuberculous meningitis , peripheral blood , peripheral , immunology , dried blood spot , pathology , tuberculosis , immune system , biology , t cell , genetics
To evaluate the effectiveness of combined peripheral blood T-SPOT.TB and cerebrospinal fluid interferon-γ (cIFN-γ) detection methods in the diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis (TBM).
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