Problems in serum antibody detection of smear-and culture-negative pulmonary tuberculosis / 中华微生物学和免疫学杂志
Chinese Journal of Microbiology and Immunology
;
(12): 785-789, 2017.
Article
in Chinese
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-663862
ABSTRACT
More than 60% of active tuberculosis(TB) patients are smear- and culture-negative, constituting a prime group in the prevention and control of TB in China. In the existing laboratory testing technologies, immunological diagnosis is more advantageous than etiological diagnosis in the detection of smear-and culture-negative TB. Serum antibody detection reagents are cheap,easy to operate and time-sav-ing,and have been widely used in China. However,these agents are not stable in sensitivity and specificity, and because of that their accuracy in the diagnosis of smear-and culture-negative TB is doubtful. In this re-view,we summarize some problems in the use of serum antibody detection among smear- and culture-nega-tive pulmonary TB patients and discuss possible methods to solve these problems expecting to provide some ideas for promoting its development,application and policy formulation.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Language:
Chinese
Journal:
Chinese Journal of Microbiology and Immunology
Year:
2017
Type:
Article
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