Choice of assay affects serum albumin measurements in HIV patients: A comparison of bromocresol green and bromocresol purple dye binding methods

• Published in: Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth Vol. 16; no. 5; pp. 679 - 681
• Main Authors: Parmar, Amrita, Agarwal, Deeptika, Saha, Tapan, Somani, Babu, Misra, Pratibha
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer India Pvt. Ltd 01.09.2023; Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd; Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
• Subjects: acute phase proteins; Albumin; albumin estimation; Analysis; anti-retroviral therapy; BCG; BCG vaccines; HIV (Viruses); HIV patients; HIV testing; Medical research; Medicine, Experimental; Methods; albumin estimation; anti-retroviral therapy; Acute phase proteins

Background: Dye-binding assays - bromocresol green (BCG) and bromocresol purple (BCP) -are widely used for serum albumin measurement. Differences between the results reported by these assays can have important clinical implications. There are limited studies elucidating the differences between the r...