Tuberculostearic acid as a diagnostic marker in tuberculous meningitis

Lancet. 1983 Feb 12;1(8320):367. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(83)91676-8.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cerebrospinal Fluid / analysis*
  • Cerebrospinal Fluid / microbiology
  • Chromatography, Gas
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Stearic Acids / analysis*
  • Tuberculosis, Meningeal / cerebrospinal fluid
  • Tuberculosis, Meningeal / diagnosis*

Substances

  • Stearic Acids
  • tuberculostearic acid