Application of lipoarabinomannan antigen in tuberculosis diagnostics: current evidence

Tests based on the detection of mycobacterial lipoarabinomannan (LAM) antigen in urine have emerged as potential point-of-care tests for tuberculosis (TB). We aimed to assimilate the current evidence regarding the diagnostic performance of LAM assays and to ascertain their clinical indication in set...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Postgraduate medical journal 2014-03, Vol.90 (1061), p.155-163
Hauptverfasser:	Sarkar, Pronoti, Biswas, Debasis, Sindhwani, Girish, Rawat, Jagdish, Kotwal, Aarti, Kakati, Barnali
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	CD4 Lymphocyte Count Coinfection Female HIV Seropositivity - diagnosis HIV Seropositivity - immunology HIV Seropositivity - metabolism Humans Lipopolysaccharides - metabolism Male Mycobacterium tuberculosis - isolation & purification Point-of-Care Systems Prevalence Sensitivity and Specificity Sputum - immunology Sputum - metabolism Tuberculosis - diagnosis Tuberculosis - immunology Tuberculosis - metabolism
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