Monoclonal antibody-based immunohistochemical diagnosis of rickettsialpox: The macrophage is the principal target

Modern Pathology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 529-533

  Walker, David H ^a,c   Hudnall, S David ^a   Szaniawski, Wojciech K ^b   Feng, Hui Min ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b Orthopaedic Associates of New York   (United States)

^c University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Lipopolysaccharide; Macrophage; Monoclonal antibody; Rickettsia akari; Rickettsialpox

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; CD68 ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RICKETTSIOSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, MYELOMONOCYTIC; BIOPSY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MACROPHAGES; MICE; RICKETTSIACEAE; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTIONS; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 0032920381     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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