Diagnosis of tuberculosis by immunological technique
- Author:
Minh Hoang
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
tuberculosis
- MeSH:
Tuberculosis;
Immunization;
diagnosis
- From:Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Information
1998;(1):3-7
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
ELISA (enzyme - linked immunosoebent assay) described firstly by Engvall. E and Perlmann P in 1972, is great turning - point in the diagnosis of tuberculosis. The technique can find antibody IgG and some antigen of M. tuberculosis that usually utilized to find antibodies against antigens (glucolipid: LDS, DAT, PGL, and Tb1; sonicate M-T and secrete). The ELISA also utilized to diagnose the tubercular meningitis and non- - pulmonary tuberculosis, especially patients with tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS infection
