Modification of clearview tuberculosis (TB) enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for TB patients not infected with HIV

Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2013 Sep;20(9):1479-82. doi: 10.1128/CVI.00375-13. Epub 2013 Jul 3.

Abstract

Diagnosis of active tuberculosis by detection of urinary lipoarabinomannan (uLAM) from Mycobacterium tuberculosis is an attractive approach. Concentrating urine 100-fold allowed quantitation of uLAM at levels equal to picograms/ml of nonconcentrated urine. The approach of concentrating urine 100-fold improved the clinical sensitivity of the Clearview TB enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) from 7% to 57% yet impaired its specificity from 97% to 89%. (This study has been registered at University Hospital of Turku under registration no. 47/180/2009, Helsinki University Central Hospital under 149/2010, University Hospital of Kuopio under 105/2010, and China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, under DMR-99-IRB-075-2.).

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antigens, Bacterial / urine*
  • Clinical Laboratory Techniques / methods*
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / methods
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lipopolysaccharides / urine*
  • Male
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / immunology*
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Tuberculosis / diagnosis*

Substances

  • Antigens, Bacterial
  • Lipopolysaccharides
  • lipoarabinomannan