… review suggest that the commercial antibody detection tests considered here are not
particularly useful in diagnosis of TB disease as compared to other tests, such as sputum smear …

… , the two groups for which the test would be most useful. At present, commercial antibody
detection tests for extrapulmonary tuberculosis have no role in clinical care or case detection. …

… cervical intradermal tuberculin test and IFN-γ assay) and different antibody detection ELISAs,
… In the present study, we demonstrate that antibody detection tests could contribute to the …

… of active pulmonary and extrapulmonary TB (EPTB) while stressing the importance of
continued research on antibody-based detection tests and point-of-care tests (90). …

… appraised studies involving antibody detection. The objective of the current systematic review
was to estimate the diagnostic accuracy of antibody detection tests using CSF specimens …

… diagnostic test for TB. They include serological assays against various mycobacterial antigens.
Here we review the merits and deficiencies of the serological tests for TB. … antibody assay …

… There is no evidence to support the use of adenosine deaminase (ADA) tests for diagnosis
… diagnosis of pleural TB and to a slightly lesser extent for TB meningitis. Anti-TB antibody test …

… tuberculosis ward) (9), all tests … tuberculosis; thus, the antibody response from BCG
vaccination is neither expected to be very high nor persist for very long (5). Similarly, IgA antibodies …

… Table 1 The antigens used, antibody types detected and detection methods of 8 commercial
… results suggest that an antibody test is useful for the assistant diagnosis of some bacterium-…

… Screening for tuberculosis and tuberculosis infection in high-risk … Diagnostic testing for
both LTBI and active disease has … tests, there has long been a clear need for better diagnostic …