Immunoglobulins G, M, and A against Sporothrix schenckii exoantigens in patients with sporotrichosis before and during treatment with itraconazole

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1149-1157

  Almeida Paes, Rodrigo ^a,b   Pimenta, Monique Amorim ^a   Monteiro, Paulo Cezar F ^a   Nosanchuk, Joshua D ^b   Zancopé Oliveira, Rosely Maria ^a  

^a Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; ITRACONAZOLE;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROTYPE; SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII; SPOROTRICHOSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CROSS REACTIONS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ISOTYPES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; ITRACONAZOLE; MALE; ROC CURVE; SPOROTHRIX; SPOROTRICHOSIS;

EID: 34948885754     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00149-07     Document Type: Article

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