Diagnosis of Disseminated Histoplasmosis by Detection of Histoplasma capsulatum Antigen in Serum and Urine Specimens

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 314, Issue 2, 1986, Pages 83-88

  Wheat, Lawrence J ^a,b   Kohler, Richard B ^a,b   Tewari, Ram P ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS ANTIGEN;

DIAGNOSIS; ETIOLOGY; FUNGUS; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SERUM; URINE;

EID: 0022630740     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198601093140205     Document Type: Article

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