Expression of antibodies directed to Paracoccidioides brasiliensis glycosphingolipids during the course of paracoccidioidomycosis treatment

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 150-156

  Bertini, Silvio ^a   Colombo, Arnaldo L ^a   Takahashi, Helio K ^a   Straus, Anita H ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; FUNGUS ANTIBODY; FUNGUS ANTIGEN; GALACTOSAMINE; GLUCOSYLCERAMIDE; GLYCOSPHINGOLIPID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS 1 ANTIGEN; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS 1 GLYCOLIPID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AMERICAN BLASTOMYCOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; GLYCOSPHINGOLIPIDS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PARACOCCIDIOIDES; PARACOCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS;

EID: 33947161960     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00285-06     Document Type: Article

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