[Antimycobacterial antigens in lung secretion].
A latex antibody diagnostic kit was used to reveal microbacterial antigens in the sputum of patients with tuberculous and nonspecific lung disease in 54 and 38% of cases, respectively. It is suggested that Mycobacterium antigens are present in different tissues of an infected macroorganism.
Lazovskaia
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AL
Vorob'eva
Z G
ZG
Slinina
K N
KN
Finkel'shteĭn
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D000818:Animals; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000378:metabolism*; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000276:immunology* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D011817:Rabbits; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology
D000942:Antigens, Bacterial