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