Detection of Histoplasma capsulatum antigen in Panamanian patients with disseminated histoplasmosis and AIDS

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 681-683

  Gutierrez, Maria Eugenia ^a,d   Canton, Alfredo ^a   Connolly, Patricia ^b   Zarnowski, Robert ^c   Wheat, L Joseph ^b  

^a Hospital Complex Arnulfo Arias Madrid Social Security   (Panama)

^b MIRAVISTA DIAGNOSTICS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Endocrinology and Metabolism Section   (Panama)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

FUNGUS ANTIGEN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AIDS PATIENT; ANTIGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANTIGENURIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CENTRAL AMERICA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE; GENOTYPE; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PANAMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; URINE LEVEL; YPS3 GENE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HISTOPLASMA; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANAMA;

EID: 47049128797     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00358-07     Document Type: Article

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