Probable false positive coccidioidal serologic results in patients with cystic fibrosis

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 313-317

  Dosanjh, A ^a,c   Theodore, J ^a   Pappagianis, D ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coccidioidomycosis; Cystic fibrosis; Lung; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; COCCIDIOIDES; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNODIFFUSION; IMMUNOLOGY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; CHILD; COCCIDIOIDES; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNODIFFUSION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032195987     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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