Diagnosis of infectious diseases with point-of-care assays

Journal of Clinical Ligand Assay

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 333-341

  Campos, Joseph M ^a,b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Agglutination; Antibody; Antigen; EIA; Immunoassay; Immunochromatography; Microbiology; Point of Care

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY MONITORING; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN DETECTION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EMERGENCY WARD; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HOSPITALIZATION; INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; POINT OF CARE TEST; PRIVATE PRACTICE; REVIEW;

EID: 0038452608     PISSN: 10811672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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