title: [Detection of tuberculostearic acid (TBSA) in CSF using gas chromatography in patients with tuberculous meningitis].
abstract: By using French's method TBSA in CSFs of 43 patients with tuberculous meningitis and 40 patients with non-tuberculous meningitis were performed. All the patients with tuberculous meningitis were positive and all the patients with non-tuberculous meningitis were negative. So the results showed that the method is a rapid, sensitive and accurate for diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis.
authors.affiliation: Tianjin Lung Hospital.
authors.forename: X P
authors.initials: XP
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: W Q
authors.initials: WQ
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Y F
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013229:Stearic Acids / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D014390:Tuberculosis, Meningeal / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid* / Q000175:diagnosis
chemical_list: D013229:Stearic Acids; C026082:tuberculostearic acid