Usefulness of a microimmunodiffusion test for the detection of Penicillium marneffei antigenemia, antibodies, and exoantigens

Mycopathologia

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 51-55

  Imwidthaya, Pankorn ^a   Sekhon, A S ^b,d   Mastro, T D ^c   Garg, A K ^b   Ambrosie, E ^b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^d Professional Services   (Canada)

Author keywords

AIDS patients; Antigen and antibody tests; Exoantigens; Immunoidentification; Microimmunodiffusion; Penicilliosis marneffei; Penicillium marneffei

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS ANTIBODY; FUNGUS ANTIGEN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ARTICLE; BLOOD; EVALUATION; HUMAN; IMMUNODIFFUSION; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MYCOSIS; PENICILLIUM; THAILAND;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNODIFFUSION; MALE; MYCOSES; PENICILLIUM; THAILAND;

EID: 0031472016     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006826907109     Document Type: Article

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