ELISPOT assay using induced sputum
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
- Registration Number
- KCT0000376
- Lead Sponsor
- Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 40
Inclusion Criteria
1) more than 18 years old
2) radiological evidence of pulmonary tuberculosis on plain chest X-ray
3) Subjects being investigated for pulmonary TB who were either at least 2 consecutive sputum acid fast bacilli (AFB) smear-negative or not producing sputum spontaneously
Exclusion Criteria
1) less than 18 years
2) pregnancy
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional Study
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Difference of number of spot forming cells on ELISPOT assay between TB and non-TB group
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Difference of number of spot forming cells between smear positive and smear negative TB group