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Study results from Y. Kobashi and colleagues broaden understanding of life sciences
April 7th, 2009
"To obtain a correct diagnosis of tuberculous pleuritis by analysis of pleural effusions with standard diagnostic tools is difficult," investigators in Kurashiki, Japan report. "Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB)-specific enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) or MTB-specific enzyme-linked immunospot assay (ELISpot) on peripheral blood was not useful because the judgment was indeterminate or negative," wrote Y. Kobashi and colleagues. The researchers concluded: "However, we recently encountered 2 cases in which tuberculous pleuritis was rapidly diagnosed by performing MTB-specific ELISpot on pleural effusion mononuclear cells (PEMCs), because high...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-04-07)
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