Significance of Histoplasma Antigen in the Cerebrospinal Fluid of Patients With Meningitis

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 1989, Pages 302-304

  Wheat, Lawrence J ^a   Kohler, Richard B ^a   Tewari, Ram P ^c   Garten, Melinda ^b   French, Morris L V ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Veterans Administration Hospital   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCCIDIOSIS; CROSS REACTION; FUNGUS; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MENINGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; HISTOPLASMA; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; MENINGITIS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0024533428     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.1989.00390020044009     Document Type: Article

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