[Detection of tuberculostearic acid (TBSA) in CSF using gas chromatography in patients with tuberculous meningitis].

Abstract

By using French's method TBSA in CSFs of 43 patients with tuberculous meningitis and 40 patients with non-tuberculous meningitis were performed. All the patients with tuberculous meningitis were positive and all the patients with non-tuberculous meningitis were negative. So the results showed that the method is a rapid, sensitive and accurate for diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis.

• Authors: X P Liu, W Q Yu, Y F Li
• Journal: Zhonghua jie he he hu xi za zhi = Zhonghua jiehe he huxi zazhi = Chinese journal of tuberculosis and respiratory diseases (Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi) Vol. 17 Issue 1 Pg. 32-5, 62 (Feb 1994) ISSN: 1001-0939 [Print] China
• PMID: 8082216 (Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Stearic Acids
• tuberculostearic acid

Topics

• Adolescent
• Adult
• Aged
• Child
• Child, Preschool
• Chromatography, Gas
• Female
• Humans
• Infant
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Stearic Acids (cerebrospinal fluid)
• Tuberculosis, Meningeal (cerebrospinal fluid, diagnosis)