Feasibility and Diagnostic Utility of Antigen-Specific Interferon-γ Responses for Rapid Immunodiagnosis of Tuberculosis Using Induced Sputum
Tamaryn J. Cashmore, Jonathan G. Peter, Richard N. van Zyl-Smit et al. · 2010
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Tamaryn Cashmore and colleagues tested a faster way to diagnose tuberculosis in PLOS ONE in 2010. TB is hard to confirm when a patient's sputum has few germs or none to spare. Standard culture takes weeks, delaying treatment. Blood tests that measure immune signals can detect TB, but need good samples. The team tried using induced sputum, coughed up with help, for a rapid immune test.
They checked both whether the approach was practical and whether it gave correct answers. A test that works on easier samples could speed care in busy clinics. It could also catch cases that smear tests miss. TB control depends on finding cases early, before spread. This study probes one shortcut toward that goal.
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| CREATOR | Tamaryn J. Cashmore, Jonathan G. Peter, Richard N. van Zyl-Smit et al. |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2010 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 25 KB |
| LICENSE | Creative Commons Attribution License |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | PLOS ONE |
Source: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0010389