WarmSuns

TB LAM Ag is an immunochromatography test, for antigen detection Lipoarabinomannan (LAM) of Mycobactreia in urine by LAM as Lipopolysaccharide to be secreted in large amounts in people infected with tuberculosis. And can be detected in the urine, tuberculosis also has heat resistant properties (veal-stube) makes it difficult to disintegrate examination from a seized person with tuberculosis.

How good is TB LAM Ag?

It is a push to help support the test for tuberculosis and other disabilities to have more experience in finding the infection.

Use urine for testing, convenient, easy to store and painless.
Fast reporting time
Inexpensive

Tuberculosis infection is an opportunistic infection and a common cause of death in HIV- infected people. World Health Organization guides HIV-positive people to be tested for TB LAM Ag in order to be screened to treat in a time. The recommended criteria for testing are as follows:

1.HIV-infected persons presenting with TB infection signs and symptoms are cough, fever, night aweats, and weight loss, regardless of CD4 count.

2. The value of CD4
Inpatients with CD4 < 200 cells/mm
Outpatient CD4 < 100 cells/mm

3. People with advanced HIV disease (AHD) or stage 3 and

4. HIV-infected Persons with Fever with Four Dangerous Symptoms
Respiratory rate > 30 breaths per minute
Body temperature > 39*C
Heart rate > 120 BPM
Inability to walk alone.

TB Ipoarabinomannan (LAM) Ag in Urine by Lateral flow is available in N Health Myanmar Laboratory.