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J Clin Microbiol. 1990 May; 28(5): 989-997

Rapid diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis by frequency-pulsed electron-capture gas-liquid chromatography detection of carboxylic acids in cerebrospinal fluid.

Division of Bacterial Diseases, Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia 30333.

ABSTRACT

The frequency-pulsed electron-capture gas-liquid chromatography technique described previously by Brooks et al. was modified and applied to the studies of coded and routine clinical specimens. Uncentrifuged cerebrospinal fluid (2 ml) was extracted under acidic conditions, derivatized, and analyzed by frequency-pulsed electron-capture gas-liquid chromatography on large-bore fused silica polar and nonpolar capillary columns. The frequency-pulsed electron-capture gas-liquid chromatography profile of carboxylic acids (C2 through C22) along with identification of tuberculostearic acid, established by retention time comparison of derivatized tuberculostearic acid and derivatized sample extract, strongly suggests the presence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in patients with lymphocytic meningitis. Results from 41 coded cases and 75 clinical cases showed that the frequency-pulsed electron-capture gas-liquid chromatography test had a specificity of 91% and a sensitivity of 95%.

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