Comparison of two rapid latex agglutination tests for detection of cryptococcal capsular polysaccharide

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 634-641

  Jaye, David L ^a   Waites, Ken B ^a   Parker, Brent ^b   Bragg, Sandra L ^c   Moser, Stephen A ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; Antigen detection; Cryptococcus Antigen Latex Agglutination System; Cryptococcus neoformans; Latex agglutination; Meningitis; Murex Cryptococcus Test

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYSACCHARIDE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CHILD; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; FUNGAL MENINGITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPING;

EID: 0031918883     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/109.5.634     Document Type: Article

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