Open AccessDetection of Tuberculosis in HIV Co-infected Individuals: Use of Multiple ELISA Responses to 38kDa, Lipoarabinomannan and ESAT– 6 of M. tuberculosis
Author(s) -
Ravi V. Gutlapalli,
Aparna Sykam,
Sandeep P. Tenali,
Priscilla Chandran,
Sujai Suneetha,
Lavanya Suneetha
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/16559.7322
Subject(s) - medicine , lipoarabinomannan , tuberculosis , serology , mycobacterium tuberculosis , sputum , antigen , immunology , virology , antibody , pathology
There is a constant search for more sensitive and specific laboratory markers for tuberculosis (TB) infection. The early detection of TB in HIV co infected individuals is a diagnostic challenge. This is further compounded in those harbouring extrapulmonary disease.
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