Evaluation of a new commercial test (Candida albicans IFA IgG) for the serodiagnosis of invasive candidiasis;Evaluación de una nueva técnica comercializada (Candida albicans IFA IgG) para el diagnóstico de la candidiasis invasiva

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 83-88

  Moragues, María Dolores ^a   Ortiz, Natalia ^a   Iruretagoyena, José Ramón ^b   García Ruiz, Juan Carlos ^b   Amutio, Elena ^b   Rojas, Almudena ^c   Mendoza, Joaquín ^c   Quindós, Guillermo ^a   Pontón San Emeterio, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DE CRUCES   (Spain)

^c VIRCELL S L   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anti germ tube antibodies; C. albicans; Candida albicans IFA IgG; Invasive candidiasis; Serodiagnosis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERUM;

EID: 2342477932     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0213-005x(04)73039-6     Document Type: Article

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