False-positive Aspergillus galactomannan (GM) assay in histoplasmosis

Journal of Infection

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 80-81

  Narreddy, Suneetha ^a   Chandrasekar, Pranatharthi H ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; FUNGUS ANTIGEN; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; VORICONAZOLE;

AGED; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS GALACTOMANNAN; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FATALITY; FEMALE; FEVER; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HEMICOLECTOMY; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; NONHUMAN; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HISTOPLASMA; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MANNANS; SPUTUM;

EID: 37249086197     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2007.09.013     Document Type: Letter

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