Serodiagnosis of tuberculosis: specific detection of free and complex-dissociated antibodies anti-mycobacterium tuberculosis recombinant antigens

The diagnostic test characteristics of detecting free and complex-dissociated IgG to three recombinant antigens of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (38-kDa, Ag16 and Ag85B), singly and in combination, were evaluated in sera from 161 tuberculous patients [smear-positive pulmonary TB (50), smear-negative pu...

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Main Authors: María Susana Imaz, María Fernanda Schmelling, Susanne Kaempfer, Ralph Spallek, Mahavir Singh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702008000300014&lng=en&tlng=en

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