[Detection of tuberculostearic acid (TBSA) in CSF using gas chromatography in patients with tuberculous meningitis].
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.
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Tianjin Lung Hospital.
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Li
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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
D013229:Stearic Acids; C026082:tuberculostearic acid