Cross-reactivity of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis, Histoplasma capsulatum, and Cryptococcus species in the commercial platelia Aspergillus enzyme immunoassay

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 132-133

  Xavier, Melissa O ^a   Pasqualotto, Alessandro C ^a,b,c,e   Cardoso, Isabel Cristina E ^d   Severo, Luiz Carlos ^a,c,d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b Infection Control Department   (Brazil)

^c Ministério de Ciência Tecnologia e Inovação Salvador   (Brazil)

^d Mycology Laboratory   (Brazil)

^e Hospital Dom Vicente Scherer   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CROSS REACTION; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; SOUTH AMERICAN BLASTOMYCOSIS;

ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; CROSS REACTIONS; CRYPTOCOCCUS; HISTOPLASMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; PARACOCCIDIOIDES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 58149380307     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00310-08     Document Type: Article

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