MYCOBACTERIUM-AVIUM ANTIGENURIA IN PATIENTS WITH AIDS AND DISSEMINATED MYCOBACTERIUM-AVIUM DISEASE

Authors
SIPPOLA AA GILLESPIE SL LEWIS JA DANIEL TM
Citation
Aa. Sippola et al., MYCOBACTERIUM-AVIUM ANTIGENURIA IN PATIENTS WITH AIDS AND DISSEMINATED MYCOBACTERIUM-AVIUM DISEASE, The Journal of infectious diseases, 168(2), 1993, pp. 466-468
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Infectious Diseases
Journal title
The Journal of infectious diseases → ACNP
ISSN journal
00221899
Volume
168
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
466 - 468
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-1899(1993)168:2<466:MAIPWA>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
A 22,500-Da antigen apparently specific to Mycobacterium avium, Mycoba cterium intracellulare, and Mycobacterium scrofulaceum has been identi fied by Western immunoblotting. By use of a dot immunoassay, this anti gen was found in the urine of 64% of patients with AIDS and disseminat ed M. avium disease. It was not found in the urine of healthy control subjects. Detection of antigenuria might provide the basis for rapid d iagnosis of M. avium disease in patients with AIDS.