ADENOSINE DEAMINASE ACTIVITY - MTB ( ADA - MTB )

Note

High levels of ADA are also found in patients with hyperamoniemia, kidney disorders, leprosy, brucellosis, HIV infection, viral hepatitis, infectious mononucleosis and liver cirrhosis. Before arriving to a diagnostic decision, these clinical conditions must be ruled out. Values have been reported to show specificity and sensitivity of the test as 90% for MTB infection. Kindly correlate with clinical conditions.