title: A dot-immunobinding assay (dot-Iba) for rapid diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis.
abstract: IgG antibody to Mycobacterium tuberculosis from the sera of patients with 'definite' pulmonary tuberculosis (PT) was isolated and coupled with Cyanogen bromide-Sepharose 4B. Using an immunoabsorbent affinity chromatography, 14 kDa antigen was recovered from the culture filtrates of M. tuberculosis. With this mycobacterial antigen, a dot immunobinding assay (Dot-Iba) was developed for the detection of specific antibody to M. tuberculosis in the sera of patients with PT and controls. The assay gave positive results in all the 12 sputum-smear positive [acid fast bacilli (AFB)] patients with PT and gave negative results in the 50 sera from control groups. The Dot-Iba as described in this study, is simple, rapid and specific for laboratory diagnosis of PT.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, India.
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Sumi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mathai
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Reuben
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Radhakrishnan
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sasikumar
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Jayapal
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Felix
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood*; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007118:Immunoassay; D015151:Immunoblotting / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000276:immunology*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial