[Detection of urinary Mycobacterium antigens by latex agglutination test]
Problemy Tuberkuleza
|August 29, 2001
Abstract:
A simple procedure was developed to defect infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis by detecting its antigens in the urine. Prolonged higher urinary antigen titers after tuberculin are suggestive of its great effect on the child. The fact that Mycobacterium antigen titers are equal in BCG-vaccinated children with positive and negative Mantoux tests proposes to change the approach to substantiating revaccinations.
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