Abstract:
AIM:The laboratory diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) and tuberculous meningitis (TBM) is particularly challenging. The aim of the present work is to develop an immunoassay for the diagnosis of TB infection, using synthetic peptides of antigen (Ag) 85 complex of M. tuberculosis (Mtb) H37Rv. METHODS:Four peptides (7-10 amino acids long) corresponding to group-specific epitopes of Ag 85 complex of Mtb were synthesized. All peptides were evaluated by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for immunoreactivity with sera and CSF samples of TB and TBM patients respectively. The diagnostic value of the four peptides was evaluated in both the samples. RESULTS:It was observed that Ag 85 peptide 1, 3 and 4 had the highest positive rates in the pulmonary patients; however, Ag 85 peptide 1 and 2 had shown good positivity in the TBM subjects. CONCLUSIONS:The synthetic peptide based ELISA using Ag 85 complex peptides is a sensitive, specific, rapid and cost effective immunoassay for early diagnosis of pulmonary and extrapulmonary TB. In addition, these synthetic peptides are comparatively easy to produce in a reproducible manner compared with the whole antigen.
journal_name
Clin Neurol Neurosurgjournal_title
Clinical neurology and neurosurgeryauthors
Kashyap RS,Shekhawat SD,Nayak AR,Purohit HJ,Taori GM,Daginawala HFdoi
10.1016/j.clineuro.2012.07.031subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2013-06-01 00:00:00pages
678-83issue
6eissn
0303-8467issn
1872-6968pii
S0303-8467(12)00423-4journal_volume
115pub_type
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更新日期:1992-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
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更新日期:2006-10-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2019-11-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:1988-01-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2011-07-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2016-05-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
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更新日期:2015-06-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2004-06-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,meta分析
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更新日期:2018-03-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2013-09-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2020-12-05 00:00:00
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更新日期:2012-02-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.clineuro.2018.06.014
更新日期:2018-08-01 00:00:00