Open AccessEvaluation of Aro-Tal-AST complex protein as a marker for differential diagnosis of Mycobacterium avium Infection
Author(s) -
Kapil Gupta,
Indu Verma,
G. K. Khuller,
Rajiv Mahajan
Publication year - 2011
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.83532
Subject(s) - transaldolase , differential diagnosis , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , mycobacterium tuberculosis , mycobacterium avium complex , mycobacterium , virology , tuberculosis , medicine , enzyme , pathology , biochemistry , glycolysis , pentose phosphate pathway
Conventional diagnostic techniques for detecting Mycobacterium avium infection are far from satisfactory. As serodiagnostic tests for M. avium infection have been shown to be simple and rapid, the present study was carried out to identify and evaluate M. avium secretory protein(s) of diagnostic potential.