Detection of Aspergillus galactomannan antigen in foods and antibiotics

Mycoses

Volumn 40, Issue 9-10, 1997, Pages 353-357

  Ansorg, R ^a   Van Den Boom, R ^a   Rath, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Aspergillus; Foods; Galactomannan antigen

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; AZLOCILLIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CLEMIZOLE PENICILLIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; FUNGUS ANTIGEN; GALACTOMANNAN; MEZLOCILLIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN;

AIR SAMPLING; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; DRUG IMPURITY; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS GALACTOMANNAN; FUNGI;

EID: 0031438436     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.1997.tb00249.x     Document Type: Article

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