Monitoring gp43 antigenemia in paracoccidioidomycosis patients during therapy

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 2419-2424

  Marques Da Silva, Silvia Helena ^a   Queiroz Telles, Flávio ^c   Lopes Colombo, Arnaldo ^a   Lima Blotta, Maria Heloisa Souza ^b   Lopes, José Daniel ^a   Pires De Camargo, Zoilo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FUNGUS ANTIGEN; GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 43; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLASTOMYCOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; PARACOCCIDIOIDES; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AMERICAN BLASTOMYCOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARACOCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

FUNGI; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 2942618720     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.6.2419-2424.2004     Document Type: Article

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