| Literature DB >> 17090645 |
Jacqueline M Achkar1, Yuxin Dong, Robert S Holzman, John Belisle, Irene S Kourbeti, Tsering Sherpa, Rany Condos, William N Rom, Suman Laal.
Abstract
The 81-kDa malate synthase (MS; Rv 1837c) and the 27-kDa MPT51 (Rv 3803c) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis are immunodominant antigens recognized by serum antibodies from approximately 80% of human immunodeficiency virus-negative smear-positive tuberculosis patients from India. We now provide evidence that the use of the MS/MPT51-based serodiagnostic assay can serve as an adjunct to sputum microscopy in the rapid diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 17090645 PMCID: PMC1656542 DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00158-06
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Vaccine Immunol ISSN: 1556-679X