Comparison between PCR and detection of antigen in sera for diagnosis of pulmonary aspergillosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 218-220

  Kawamura, Sumio ^a   Maesaki, Shigefumi ^a   Noda, Tetsuhiro ^a   Hirakata, Youichi ^a   Tomono, Kazunori ^a   Tashiro, Takayoshi ^a   Kohno, Shigeru ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; GALACTOMANNAN;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BRONCHOPULMONARY ASPERGILLOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; PLEURA EMPYEMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM;

ASPERGILLUS;

EID: 0032946150     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.1.218-220.1999     Document Type: Article

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