title: [Clinical value of a rapid immunochromatographic assay in diagnosis and differential diagnosis of bone and joint tuberculosis].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the clinical value of a rapid immunochromatographic assay in diagnosis and differential diagnosis of bone and joint tuberculosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Antibodies in sera from 75 patients with active bone and joint tuberculosis, 69 patients with non-tuberculous bone and joint diseases and 72 healthy individuals were detected by the rapid immunochromatographic assay using ICT-TB kit.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The positive rate was found to be 80% in the patients with active bone and joint tuberculosis, while 90% in the group with spinal tuberculosis, 53% in the extra-spinal articular tuberculosis. The false positive rates were 4% and 3% respectively in those with other bone and joint diseases and healthy individuals.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The assay is a rapid, sensitive and specific supplementary tool for the diagnosis of the bone and joint tuberculosis.
authors.affiliation: Beijing Tuberculosis and Thoracic Tumour Institute, Beijing 101149.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Qin
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Song
mesh_terms: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007118:Immunoassay; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000276:immunology; D014394:Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / Q000175:diagnosis*
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial