Serodiagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis by Kaolin agglutination test

Chandrasekaran, Sujatha; Venkataraman Gupta, E.V.; Chauhan, M.M.; Baily, G.V. and Chaudhuri, K. (1990) Serodiagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis by Kaolin agglutination test. Indian Journal of Tuberculosis, 37. pp. 11-15.

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Abstract

Serum specimens from 297 newly diagnosed tuberculosis patients and 208 healthy controls were subjected to Kaolin Agglutination Test (KAT) using tuberculophosphatide as antigen. Of the 297 X-ray positives, 184 were sputum smear positive and 237 were culture positive for M. tuberculosis. A titre of ≥16 was taken to be diagnostic. The test picked up 53.6 percent of the culture positives and 54.0 percent of the microscopy positives correctly. Also, 48.8 percent of the X-ray positives and 14.2 percent of the healthy controls were found positive. The overall sensitivity of KAT was 53.6 percent and specificity 85.8 percent which does not make the test suitable for diagnosis of tuberculosis.

EPrint Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Seriodiagnosis, Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Kaolin Agglutination Test, Tuberculophosphatide Antigen
Subjects:	Fluids and Secretions > Bodily Secretions > Sputum Diagnosis > Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures -Institutional Repositories > National Tuberculosis Institute Bacteria > Gram-Positive Bacteria > Actinobacteria > Actinomycetales > Mycobacteriaceae > Mycobacterium > Mycobacterium tuberculosis Respiratory Tract Diseases > Respiratory Tract Infections > Tuberculosis, Pulmonary Immunologic and Biological Factors > Immunologic Factors > Antigens Respiratory Tract Diseases > Lung Diseases > Tuberculosis, Pulmonary -Journal Repositories > Indian Journal of Tuberculosis Diagnosis > Laboratory Techniques and Procedures
ID Code:	630
Deposited By:	Librarian Sudha S Murthy
Deposited On:	08 August 2005

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