title: Identification of sulpholipid I by thin-layer chromatography in the rapid identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
abstract: A simple, rapid and reliable thin-layer chromatography method for the detection of the 2,3,6,6'-tetraacyl trehalose-2'-sulphate (sulpholipid I) from Mycobacterium tuberculosis was described. The method was found to be satisfactory as an aid in the rapid identification of M. tuberculosis in clinical laboratories.
authors.affiliation: Unité de la Tuberculose et des Mycobactéries, Institut Pasteur, Paris.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Luquin
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Papa
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: David
mesh_terms: D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer / Q000379:methods*; D006017:Glycolipids / Q000032:analysis*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D037521:Virulence Factors
chemical_list: D006017:Glycolipids; D037521:Virulence Factors; C009355:sulfolipid I