A sensitive urinary lipoarabinomannan test for tuberculosis.

We have previously developed a diagnostic test for tuberculosis based on detection of mycobacterial lipoarabinomannan (LAM) in urine. The method depended on a laborious concentration step. We have now developed an easy to perform test based on a magnetic immunoassay platform, utilizing high avidity...

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Main Authors: Beston Hamasur, Judith Bruchfeld, Paul van Helden, Gunilla Källenius, Stefan Svenson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4408114?pdf=render