Utility of routine testing of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid for cryptococcal antigen

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 3088-3089

  Kralovic, Stephen M ^a,b,c   Rhodes, Judith C ^b  

^a Division of Infectious Diseases   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FUNGUS CULTURE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI;

EID: 0031684907     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.10.3088-3089.1998     Document Type: Article

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