Laboratory aspects in the diagnosis of coccidioidomycosis

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1111, Issue , 2007, Pages 301-314

  Saubolle, Michael A ^a,b,c,d  

^a SONORA QUEST LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BANNER GOOD SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coccidioides immitis; Coccidioides posadasii; Coccidioidomycosis; Laboratory diagnosis of Coccidioidomycosis; Valley Fever

Indexed keywords

CALCOFLUOR WHITE; FLUORESCENT DYE; HUMORAL ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; METHENAMINE; SILVER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; BIOSAFETY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL LABORATORY; COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS; COCCIDIOIDES POSADASII; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; COMPLEMENT FIXATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGUS; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENOTYPE; GENUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNODIFFUSION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PHENOTYPE; PROGNOSIS; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SEROLOGY; STAINING;

COCCIDIOIDES; COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS; COCCIDIOIDES POSADASII; SPHERULES;

EID: 35348876006     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1406.049     Document Type: Conference Paper

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