Open AccessUtility of MPT64 antigen detection for rapid confirmation of mycobacterium tuberculosis complex
Author(s) -
Jyoti Arora,
Gyanendra Kumar,
Ajoy Kumar Verma,
Manpreet Bhalla,
Rohit Sarin,
Vithal Prasad Myneedu
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of global infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-8245
pISSN - 0974-777X
DOI - 10.4103/0974-777x.154443
Subject(s) - mycobacterium tuberculosis complex , tuberculosis , mycobacterium tuberculosis , medicine , immunology , antigen , pathology
Rapid differentiation of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) and mycobacteria other than tuberculosis (MOTT) is crucial to facilitate early and effective treatment of the patients. Clinical presentation of MTBC and MOTT is not always very clear and routine conventional methods are time consuming.