Quantitative analysis of a urine-based assay for detection of lipoarabinomannan in patients with tuberculosis
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Shah, Maunank
Martinson, Neil A.
Chaisson, Richard E.
Martin, Desmond J.
Variava, Ebrahim
Dorman, Susan E.
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American Society for Microbiology
Abstract
Urinary lipoarabinomannan (LAM) detection is a promising approach for rapid diagnosis of active tuberculosis
(TB). In microbiologically confirmed TB patients, quantitative LAM detection results increased progressively
with bacillary burden and immunosuppression. Patients with disseminated TB and/or advanced HIV
are target populations for whom urine LAM detection may be particularly useful.
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Lipoarabinomannan, Tuberculosis
Sustainable Development Goals
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Shah, M, Martinson, NA, Chaisson, RE, Martin, DJ, Variava, E & Dorman, SE 2010, 'Quantitative analysis of a urine-based assay for detection of lipoarabinomannan in patients with tuberculosis', Journal of Clinical Microbiology, vol. 48, no. 8, pp. 2972–2974. [http://jcm.asm.org/]