title: [The possibilities for improving the serological diagnosis of active tuberculosis by using new mycobacterial antigens and immunoblot and ELISA technics].
abstract: The study concerns 264 cases among which: 119 active lung tb. eliminating and 11 cases not-eliminating M. Tuberculosis; 17 cases of extrarespiratory tb. confirmed by bacteriology and/or by anatomopathology; 18 cases of bone-joint non-tb disease; 38 cases of chronic lung disease other than tb; 61 healthy persons (controls). Sera from these cases were collected before treatment and submitted concomitantly to two different methods: (1) Mycodot test (immunoblot) with lipoarabinomannan (LAM) as antigen, on nitrocellulose discs (Dynagen, Cambridge, MA, USA); (2) ELISA test with antigen 60 (A60) (ANDA-Biologicals, Strasbourg, France) and with antigen I.C. (Cantacuzino Institute, Bucharest). The results were estimated on terms of sensitivity and specificity. As for sensitivity the results show 74-90%. the highest values were reached in ELISA with A60 IgA. The specificity of the Mycodot test was highest: 90-100% in the two successive experiments. The active tb diagnosis discrimination capacity of the studied methods allows the following classification: 1. Mycodot test with LAM antigen 2. ELISA with A60-Ig G complex 3. ELISA with I.C. antigen The Mycodot test is more advantageous being more rapid and more simple to perform.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorul de imunomicrobiologie, Institutul de Pneumoftiziologie Marius Nasta, Bucureşti.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bănică
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Algeorge
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moisoiu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Petre
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Toancă
mesh_terms: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D015151:Immunoblotting / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D009163:Mycobacterium bovis / Q000276:immunology; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000276:immunology*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012698:Serologic Tests / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis*
chemical_list: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; C050016:lipoarabinomannan; C055539:mycobacterial A60 antigen
vernacular_title: Studiu asupra posibilităţilor de perfecţionare a diagnosticului serologic al tuberculozei active prin utilizarea unor noi antigene micobacteriene şi a tehnicilor imunoblot şi ELISA.