Serologic testing for symptomatic coccidioidomycosis in immunocompetent and immunosuppressed hosts

Mycopathologia

Volumn 162, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 317-324

  Blair, Janis E ^a   Coakley, Brandon ^a   Santelli, Ana C ^a   Hentz, Joseph G ^a   Wengenack, Nancy L ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Coccidioidomycosis; Complement fixation; Enzyme immunoassay; Immunocompetence; Immunodiffusion; Immunosuppression

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS ANTIBODY;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COCCIDIOIDES; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; COCCIDIOIDES; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 33751435156     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-006-0062-5     Document Type: Article

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