Comparison of immunoblotting, calculation of the goldmann-witmer coefficient, and real-time PCR using aqueous humor samples for diagnosis of ocular toxoplasmosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1965-1967

  Fekkar, A ^a,b,c   Bodaghi, B ^a   Touafek, F ^a   Le Hoang, P ^a   Mazier, D ^a,b,c   Paris, L ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONSTANTS AND COEFFICIENTS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EYE DISEASE; GOLDMANN WITMER COEFFICIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERUM; TOXOPLASMOSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; AQUEOUS HUMOR; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, OCULAR;

TOXOPLASMA;

EID: 45149129708     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01900-07     Document Type: Article

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