Diagnosis of Tuberculous Meningitis Due to Detection of ESAT-6-Specific Gamma Interferon Production in Cerebrospinal Fluid Enzyme-Linked Immunospot Assay | Zendy

Shuji Murakami | Zendy; Mitsuhiro Takeno | Zendy; Hideaki Oka | Zendy; Atsuhisa Ueda | Zendy; Takashi Kurokawa | Zendy; Yoshiyuki Kuroiwa | Zendy; Yoshiaki Ishigatsubo | Zendy

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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

Author(s) -

Shuji Murakami,

Mitsuhiro Takeno,

Hideaki Oka,

Atsuhisa Ueda,

Takashi Kurokawa,

Yoshiyuki Kuroiwa,

Yoshiaki Ishigatsubo

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

clinical and vaccine immunology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.649

H-Index - 77

eISSN - 1556-6811

pISSN - 1556-679X

DOI - 10.1128/cvi.00029-08

Subject(s) - cerebrospinal fluid , meningitis , tuberculous meningitis , medicine , immunology , interferon gamma , tuberculosis , virology , microbiology and biotechnology , pathology , biology , cytokine , psychiatry

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.

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