Evaluation of Sandwich ELISA Galactomannan Test in Samples of Positive LA Test and Positive Aspergillus Antibody

Internal Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 948-950

  Maesaki, Shigefumi ^a   Kawamura, Sumio ^a   Hashiguchi, Kohji ^a   Hossain, Mohammad Ashraf ^a   Sasaki, Eisuke ^a   Miyazaki, Yoshitsugu ^a   Tomono, Kazunori ^a   Tashiro, Takayoshi ^a   Kohno, Shigeru ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anti Aspergillus antibody; Aspergilloma; Aspergillosis; Invasive aspergillosis; Serodiagnosis

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS ANTIBODY; FUNGUS ANTIGEN; GALACTOMANNAN; MANNAN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; METHODOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING;

ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; MANNANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 0033251905     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.38.948     Document Type: Article

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