Immunoreactivity of cryptococcal antigen is not stable under prolonged incubations in human serum

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 2786-2788

  McFadden, Diane C ^a   Zaragoza, Oscar ^a   Casadevall, Arturo ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOCOCCAL ANTIGEN; FUNGUS ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INCUBATION TIME; LABORATORY TEST; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; POLYSACCHARIDES; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; TEMPERATURE;

CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS VAR. GRUBII; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI;

EID: 2942592349     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.6.2786-2788.2004     Document Type: Article

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