Antigenemia in patients with paracoccidioidomycosis: Detection of the 87-kilodalton determinant during and after antifungal therapy

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 3309-3316

  Gomez B L ^a,b   Figueroa, J I ^b   Hamilton, A J ^b   Diez, S ^a   Rojas, M ^c   Tobon A M ^a   Hay, R J ^b   Restrepo, A ^a  

^a Unidad de Biología Celular y Molecular   (Colombia)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIGEN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEMENT FIXATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNODIFFUSION; MALE; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; SOUTH AMERICAN BLASTOMYCOSIS;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 0031720492     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.11.3309-3316.1998     Document Type: Article

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