Elimination of false-positive Histoplasma antigenemia caused by human anti-rabbit antibodies in the second-generation Histoplasma antigen assay

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 219-221

  Wheat, L J ^a   Connolly, P ^a   Durkin, M ^a   Book, B K ^b   Pescovitz, M D ^b  

^a MIRAVISTA DIAGNOSTICS   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antigen; Assay; False positive; Histoplasma; Thymoglobulin

Indexed keywords

RABBIT ANTISERUM; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HISTOPLASMA; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; ANTILYMPHOCYTE SERUM; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HISTOPLASMA; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 33751256838     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: 13993062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2006.00151.x     Document Type: Article

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