Does Disseminated Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Disease cause False-positive Determine TB-LAM Lateral Flow Assay Results?

BACKGROUND: The Determine TB-LAM (LF-LAM) can detect lipoarabinomannan, a glycolipid found in mycobacteria, in the urine of HIV-infected patients with disseminated TB. Whether disseminated nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infection causes false-positive results has not been adequately assessed. ME...

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Autores principales: Nel, Jeremy, Ive, Prudence, Berhanu, Ribka, Sanne, Ian, Spencer, David, Lippincott, Christopher
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5631589/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx163.1634

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5631589/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx163.1634

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