Journal article
Diagnostic accuracy of intracellular mycobacterium tuberculosis detection for tuberculous meningitis.
- Abstract:
-
RATIONALE: Early diagnosis and treatment of tuberculous meningitis saves lives, but current laboratory diagnostic tests lack sensitivity. OBJECTIVES: We investigated whether the detection of intracellular bacteria by a modified Ziehl-Neelsen stain and early secretory antigen target (ESAT)-6 in cerebrospinal fluid leukocytes improves tuberculous meningitis diagnosis. METHODS: Cerebrospinal fluid specimens from patients with suspected tuberculous meningitis were stained by conventional Ziehl-Ne...
Expand abstract
- Publication status:
- Published
Actions
Authors
Bibliographic Details
- Journal:
- American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine
- Volume:
- 189
- Issue:
- 4
- Pages:
- 475-481
- Publication date:
- 2014-02-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
-
1535-4970
- ISSN:
-
1073-449X
- Source identifiers:
-
450889
Item Description
- Language:
- English
- Keywords:
- Pubs id:
-
pubs:450889
- UUID:
-
uuid:2a09e523-06af-4303-a238-0f72da3f99d9
- Local pid:
- pubs:450889
- Deposit date:
- 2014-05-13
Terms of use
- Copyright date:
- 2014
If you are the owner of this record, you can report an update to it here: Report update to this record