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Value Of Anti-Kp 90 Lmmunoglobulin A (Lga)Antibodies In Diagnosis Of Active Tuberculosis: Apreliminary Report, Sevtap Arikan, Serdar Tuncer, Dürdal Us, Serhat Ünal, Şemsettin Ustaçelebi̇
Value Of Anti-Kp 90 Lmmunoglobulin A (Lga)Antibodies In Diagnosis Of Active Tuberculosis: Apreliminary Report, Sevtap Arikan, Serdar Tuncer, Dürdal Us, Serhat Ünal, Şemsettin Ustaçelebi̇
Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences
The lack of a rapid and reliable method for diagnosis of active tuberculosis necessitated the development of new laboratory techniques. Diagnostic value of a re-cently developed ELISA for the detection of lgA antibodies to Kp 90 antigen of Mycobacterium tuberculosis was evaluated in this study and the results were compared with the conventional methods and polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Fifty six sera and body fluid (pleural, peritoneal, pericardial) samples from 23 patients with ac-tive tuberculosis and 26 control subjects were included in the study. Out of 28 samples obtained from the patients, 22 (79%) yielded positive result for lgA. Comparison …