The differential agglutination test as a diagnostic aid in cases of toxoplasmic lymphadenitis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1463-1468

  Montoya, Jose G ^a,b   Berry, Andrew ^a   Rosso, Fernando ^a,b   Remington, Jack S ^a,b  

^a PALO ALTO MEDICAL FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; FORMALDEHYDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KINETICS; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SERODIAGNOSIS; SERUM; TACHYZOITE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMIC LYMPHADENITIS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHADENITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

TOXOPLASMA;

EID: 34248569347     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01781-06     Document Type: Article

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