Evaluation of three commercial latex agglutination kits and a commercial enzyme immunoassay for the detection of cryptococcal antigen

Medical Mycology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 336-338

  Babady, Ngolela Esther ^a   Bestrom, Jean E ^a   Jespersen, Deborah J ^a   Jones, Mary F ^a   Beito, Elaine M ^a   Binnicker, Matthew J ^a   Wengenack, Nancy L ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptococcus neoformans; Enzyme immunoassay; Latex agglutination

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS ANTIGEN;

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EVALUATION RESEARCH; FUNGAL DETECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; NONHUMAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERUM;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; MUREX;

ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERUM;

EID: 66449088296     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780802607400     Document Type: Article

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