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. 1991 Jan-Dec;84(1-12):97-102.

[Contribution of the serum anti-mycobacterial IgG measurement to the diagnosis of tuberculosis. Personal cases]

[Article in Italian]
M G Chirillo  1 , C Daglio, F Galietti, A Ardizzi, S Barberis, O Bianco, G De Intinis
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  • PMID: 1844924

[Contribution of the serum anti-mycobacterial IgG measurement to the diagnosis of tuberculosis. Personal cases]

[Article in Italian]
M G Chirillo et al. G Batteriol Virol Immunol. 1991 Jan-Dec.

Abstract

Data of a transversal research on 36 suspected tuberculosis (tb) inpatients of St. Luigi Hospital are reported. Serum antimycobacterial antibodies Class IgG to A60 were measured by means of ELISA. Final diagnosis was tb in 19 subjects, while 9 had a tb history over different years. Sensitivity was 78.94% and specificity 75%. According to with other recent reports, our results are poorly discriminating. However, the test, if valued with other clinical data, can contribute to the ascertainment of tb.

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