Diagnosing adult and pediatric extrapulmonary tuberculosis by MPT64 antigen detection with immunohistochemistry and immunocytochemistry using reproduced polyclonal antibodies

Abstract Diagnosing extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) is challenging. Immunohistochemistry or immunocytochemistry has been used to diagnose tuberculosis (TB) by detection of MPT64 antigen from various extrapulmonary specimens and has shown good diagnostic performance in our previous studies. The te...

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Published in:	The Journal of Pathology: Clinical Research
Main Authors:	Ole Magnus Bjørgaas Helle, Mala Kanthali, Sheeba Ishtiaq, Atiqa Ambreen, Manju Raj Purohit, Tehmina Mustafa
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wiley 2024-05-01
Subjects:	extrapulmonary tuberculosis childhood tuberculosis antigen detection test immunohistochemistry immunocytochemistry composite reference standard
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1002/2056-4538.12373