The role of cryptococcal antigen assay in diagnosis and monitoring of cryptococcal meningitis [1]

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 5828-5829

  Antinori, Spinello ^a   Radice, Anna ^a   Galimberti, Laura ^a   Magni, Carlo ^a   Fasan, Marco ^a   Parravicini, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CRYPTOCOCCUS ANTIGEN; FUNGUS ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANTIGEN DETECTION; AUTOPSY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FUNGAL MENINGITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGEMIA; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, CRYPTOCOCCAL; PROGNOSIS;

FUNGI;

EID: 27744438904     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.11.5828-5829.2005     Document Type: Letter

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