INFREQUENT DETECTION OF LIPOARABINOMANNAN ANTIBODIES IN HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS-ASSOCIATED MYCOBACTERIAL DISEASE

Authors
BOGGIAN K FIERZ W VERNAZZA PL BATTEGAY M BURGISSER P DOORLY R EGGER M ERB P FIERZ W FLEPP M FRANCIOLI P GROB P GRUNINGER U HIRSCHEL B LEDERGERBER B LUTHY R MALINVERNI R MATTER L OPRAVIL M PACCAUD F PERRIN L PICHLER W RICKENBACH M RUTSCHMANN O VERNAZZA P VONOVERBECK J
Citation
K. Boggian et al., INFREQUENT DETECTION OF LIPOARABINOMANNAN ANTIBODIES IN HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS-ASSOCIATED MYCOBACTERIAL DISEASE, Journal of clinical microbiology, 34(7), 1996, pp. 1854-1855
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Journal of clinical microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00951137
Volume
34
Issue
7
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1854 - 1855
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(1996)34:7<1854:IDOLAI>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
A commercially available test for the serologic diagnosis of tuberculo sis was evaluated for its applicability in human immunodeficiency viru s (HIV)-positive patients. Antibodies to lipoarabinomannan were detect able in sera from only 9 of 85 HIV-positive patients with a confirmed diagnosis of tuberculosis. Given the low degree of sensitivity of the assay with sera from HIV-infected patients, the study does not support the use of this serologic assay for the diagnosis of tuberculosis in HIV-infected patients.