A rapid, automated enzymatic fluorometric assay for determination of D- arabinitol in serum

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1439-1443

  Yeo, Siew Fah ^a,b   Zhang, Yeyan ^a,b   Schafer, David ^b   Campbell, Sheldon ^a,b   Wong, Brian ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABINITOL; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME ASSAY; FLUOROMETRY; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI;

EID: 0342264687     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.4.1439-1443.2000     Document Type: Article

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