Bronchoalveolar lavage immunodiagnosis for tuberculosis suspects in Europe and Africa
We read with interest the article by Dheda et al 1 who followed our approach for a rapid diagnosis of smear-negative tuberculosis by bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) enzyme-linked immunospot (ELISpot)2 in a country of high tuberculosis incidence, including individuals with HIV-1 infection. - - The auth...
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| Dokumenttyp: | Article (Journal) Editorial |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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August 30, 2010
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Thorax
Year: 2010, Jahrgang: 65, Heft: 9, Pages: 842 |
| ISSN: | 1468-3296 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/thx.2009.124958 |
| Online-Zugang: | Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1136/thx.2009.124958 Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://thorax.bmj.com/content/65/9/842.1 
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| Verfasserangaben: | Christoph Lange, Aik Bossink, Ralf Eberhardt, Delia Goletti, Claudia Jafari, Irene Latorre, Detlef Kirsten, Monica Losi, Giovanni B. Migliori, Giovanni Sotgiu |
| Zusammenfassung: | We read with interest the article by Dheda et al 1 who followed our approach for a rapid diagnosis of smear-negative tuberculosis by bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) enzyme-linked immunospot (ELISpot)2 in a country of high tuberculosis incidence, including individuals with HIV-1 infection. - - The authors report a sensitivity of 88.9% and specificity of 94.7% of the BAL ELISpot (T-SPOT.TB test) for the diagnosis of tuberculosis in suspects with scarce or negative acid-fast bacilli (AFB) sputum smears. This observation is important, as it confirms the findings of other … |
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| ISSN: | 1468-3296 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/thx.2009.124958 |