Immunohistochemistry with monoclonal antibody against candida albicans mannan antigen demonstrates cutaneous candida granulomas as evidence of candida sepsis in an immunosuppressed host

Dermatology

Volumn 194, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 293-296

  Breier, F ^a   Oesterreicher, C ^a   Brugger, S ^a   Linkesch, W ^a   Anegg, B ^a   Jurecka, W ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aplastic anaemia; Bone marrow transplantation; Candida granuloma; Immunohistochemistry; Invasive fungal infection; Mannan antigen

Indexed keywords

CANDIDA ANTIGEN; MANNAN; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADULT; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CASE REPORT; FUNGUS CULTURE; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

EID: 0030976369     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: 14219832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000246130     Document Type: Article

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