Point-of-care detection of lipoarabinomannan (LAM) in urine for diagnosis of HIV-associated tuberculosis: a state of the art review

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Detection of <it>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</it> antigens in urine is attractive as a potential means of diagnosing tuberculosis (TB) regardless of the anatomical site of disease. The most promising candidate antigen is the cell wall lipopolysaccharid...

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Main Author: Lawn Stephen D
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-04-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
HIV
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/12/103