Cross-reactivity in Histoplasma capsulatum variety capsulatum antigen assays of urine samples from patients with endemic mycoses

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1169-1171

  Wheat, Joseph ^a   Wheat, H ^b   Connolly, P ^b   Kleiman, M ^b   Supparatpinyo, K ^b   Nelson, K ^b   Bradsher, R ^b   Restrepo, A ^b  

^a WISHARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLASTOMYCES DERMATITIDIS; COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS; CROSS REACTION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; IMMUNOASSAY; MYCOSIS; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AMERICAN BLASTOMYCOSIS; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0031009656     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/513647     Document Type: Article

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