Elizabeth Frost writes:
> From BIOSCI-REQUEST at net.bio.net Mon Nov 28 22:20:47 1994
> To: immunology at net.bio.net> From: efrost1 at cc.swarthmore.edu (Elizabeth Frost)
> Subject: identification of TB
> Date: 29 Nov 1994 03:49:33 GMT
> Message-ID: <efrost1-2811942249430001 at mac23.mertzb2.swarthmore.edu>
> NNTP-Posting-Host: mac23.mertzb2.swarthmore.edu
> Mime-Version: 1.0
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
>> I am interested in the identification of TB. How many weeks must one
> culture the cells (start with the sputum sample?) and what concentration
> is best? Does one identify Mycobacterium tuberculosis (instead of M.bovis,
> for example) by protein analysis? Also, how exactly does one determine if
> the TB is drug resistant???
> I am an undergraduate working on a final project. Any advice would be great!
>> Elizabeth Frost
>>
Is there any ELISA method for detection of TB? The reason I ask is I would
like to develop one if non.
