Improvements in diagnosis of histoplasmosis

Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1207-1221

  Wheat, L Joseph ^a  

^a MIRAVISTA DIAGNOSTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Antigen detection; Histoplasmosis; Polymerase chain reaction; Serology

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN;

ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN DETECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FUNGUS CULTURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HISTOPLASMA; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG LAVAGE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT MONITORING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMANS;

AJELLOMYCES;

EID: 33750831305     PISSN: 14712598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/14712598.6.11.1207     Document Type: Review

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