Tuberculous Meningitis: The Microbiological Laboratory Diagnosis and Its Drug Sensitivity Patterns
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Immunocytochemical method for early laboratory diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis.
A simple immunocytochemical method was standardized for the direct demonstration of mycobacterial antigen in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) specimens of patients with tuberculous meningitis (TBM). CSF-cytospin smears were prepared from 22 patients with a clinical diagnosis of TBM and also from an equal number of patients with nontuberculous neurological diseases (disease control). Immunocytological ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Jurnal Respirasi
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2621-8372,2407-0831
DOI: 10.20473/jr.v3-i.2.2017.35-40