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Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases Volume 42, 2010 - Issue 9
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Case Reports

Rapid diagnosis of tuberculous pericarditis by ELISPOT assay

Yoshihiro Kobashi From the Division of Respiratory Diseases, Department of Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima, Kurashiki, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Masaaki Abe From the Division of Respiratory Diseases, Department of Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima, Kurashiki, Japan
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Keiji Mouri From the Division of Respiratory Diseases, Department of Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima, Kurashiki, Japan
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Yasushi Obase From the Division of Respiratory Diseases, Department of Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima, Kurashiki, Japan
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Naoyuki Miyashita From the Division of Respiratory Diseases, Department of Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima, Kurashiki, Japan
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Mikio Oka From the Division of Respiratory Diseases, Department of Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima, Kurashiki, Japan
Pages 712-715 | Received 12 Feb 2010, Accepted 16 Feb 2010, Published online: 22 Mar 2010
 
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Abstract

We describe a case in which the rapid diagnosis of tuberculous pericarditis was made using the Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB)-specific enzyme-linked immunospot (ELISPOT) assay on pericardial effusion mononuclear cells (PEMCs). The analysis of MTB-specific T-cells in PEMCs by ELISPOT may be useful for rapid decision-making in anti-tuberculous treatment.

Declaration of interest: There are no conflicts of interest related to this manuscript.

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