Cerebrospinal fluid antibodies detected by ELISA against a 33-kDa antigen from spherules of Coccidioides immitis in patients with coccidioidal meningitis

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 499-502

  Galgiani, John N ^a   Peng, Tao ^b   Lewis, Maria L ^b   Cloud, Gretchen A ^b   Pappagianis, Demosthenes ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCCIDIOIDIN; FLUCONAZOLE;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FUNGAL MENINGITIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030034831     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/173.2.499     Document Type: Article

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