False-negative cerebrospinal fluid cryptococcal antigen test due to small-colony variants of Cryptococcus neoformans meningitis in a patient with cystopleural shunt

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 11-12, 2006, Pages 1110-1114

  To, Kelvin K W ^a   Cheng, Vincent C C ^a   Tang, Bone S F ^a   Fan, Yiu Wah ^a   Yuen, Kwok Yung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; FUNGUS ANTIGEN; INDIAN INK;

ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CHINESE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FUNGAL MENINGITIS; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; NONHUMAN; SPINAL CORD CYST; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, CRYPTOCOCCAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS;

EID: 33845309145     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540600664118     Document Type: Article

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