Enhanced IgE response to Candida albicans in postoperative invasive candidiasis

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 452-460

  Savolainen, J ^a   Rantala, A ^a   Nermes, M ^a   Lehtonen, L ^b   Viander, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; IgE; Invasive candidiasis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY FORMATION; CANDIDIASIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0029916406     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.1996.tb00562.x     Document Type: Article

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