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. 1999 Dec;37(12):3925-7.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.37.12.3925-3927.1999.

Rapid diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis by a dot immunobinding assay To detect mycobacterial antigen in cerebrospinal fluid specimens

M G Sumi  1 , A Mathai, C Sarada, V V Radhakrishnan
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Rapid diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis by a dot immunobinding assay To detect mycobacterial antigen in cerebrospinal fluid specimens

M G Sumi et al. J Clin Microbiol. 1999 Dec.

Abstract

In the present prospective study, a dot immunobinding assay (Dot-Iba) was standardized to measure the circulating mycobacterial antigen in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) specimens for the laboratory diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis (TBM). Immunoglobulin G antibody specific for Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a CSF specimen from a patient with culture-proven TBM was isolated and was coupled with activated cyanogen bromide-Sepharose 4B. By immunosorbent affinity chromatography, a 14-kDa antigen was isolated from the culture filtrate of M. tuberculosis. Antibody to the 14-kDa mycobacterial antigen was raised in rabbits. The Dot-Iba in this study gave no false-positive results with CSF specimens from patients with nontuberculous neurological diseases. The assay gave positive results for all five patients with culture-proven TBM. The Dot-Iba described in the present report is simple, rapid, sensitive, specific, and, more importantly, suitable for routine application in laboratories in developing countries.

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FIG. 1
SDS-polyacrylamide gel showing molecular mass standard (lane A), culture filtrate antigen (lane B), 14-kDa antigen isolated from culture filtrate antigen by specific IgG to M. tuberculosis (lane C), and control CSF IgG with no binding to 14-kDa antigen (lane D).
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FIG. 2
Dot-Iba showing positive and negative reactions.
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