A longitudinal study of antibody titres to antigen 6 in patients with bone and joint tuberculosis
| Autor: | John C. Y. Leong, Adam B. Stroebel, James H. K. Lau |
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| Rok vydání: | 1983 |
| Předmět: |
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Male Tuberculosis Arthritis Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Disease Tuberculosis Osteoarticular Serology Antigen-Antibody Reactions Mycobacterium tuberculosis Joint Tuberculosis Antigen medicine Humans Serologic Tests Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Longitudinal Studies Child Antigens Bacterial biology business.industry medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Antibodies Bacterial Immunology biology.protein Female Surgery Antibody business |
| Zdroj: | International Orthopaedics. 7:205-208 |
| ISSN: | 1432-5195 0341-2695 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/bf00269507 |
| Popis: | Thirteen patients with active bone and joint tuberculosis were investigated to determine their antibody response to Antigen 6 of Mycobacterium tuberculosis during and after treatment. The antibody titre was found to be most helpful in diagnosis and in assessing the activity of the disease after treatment was completed. There is great individual variation of the antibody level, so the use of this serological test for monitoring the response to treatment requires further investigation in a larger group of patients. |
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