The glutaraldehyde test as a rapid screening method for tuberculosis
- Author:
Ly Minh Ho
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
tuberculosis
- MeSH:
Tuberculosis;
Glutaral;
diagnosis
- From:Journal of Preventive Medicine
1998;8(3):42-46
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
The test was performed on 226 tuberculosis patients of different forms and 119 healthy controls and patients of other diseases. The results showed high percentage of tuberculosis patients having positive reaction, different significantly from healthy controls and patients with leprosy and lung cancer (71,43-100% versus 0-4%). Together with ELISA to detect IgG anti M.tuberculosis, glutaraldehyde test showed to have sensitivity of 84-87% in extrapulmonary cases, 89-100% in pulmonary tuberculosis and specificity about 94% when compared with final clinical diagnosis and data obtained from healthy controls
