The usefulness of blood culture in diagnosing HIV-related systemic mycoses: Evaluation of a manual lysis centrifugation method

Medical Mycology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 77-80

  Bianchi, M ^a   Robles, A M ^a   Vitale, R ^a   Helou, S ^a   Arechavala, A ^a   Negroni, Ricardo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL F J MUÑIZ   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Blood cultures; Cryptococcosis; Histoplasmosis; HIV infection; Lysis centrifugation; Systemic mycoses

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; SAPONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; BLOOD CULTURE; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRIFUGATION; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FEMALE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; SYSTEMIC MYCOSIS;

AJELLOMYCES CAPSULATUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PROTOTHECA WICKERHAMII;

EID: 0033997456     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/mmy.38.1.77.80     Document Type: Article

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