False-negative histoplasma antigen in acute pulmonary histoplasmosis: The value of urinary concentration by ultrafiltration and heat denaturation of serum proteins in detection of histoplasma antigen

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 447-449

  Srinivasan, Ashok ^a   Kleiman, Martin B ^b   Debelenko, Larisa ^a   Stokes, Dennis C ^c   De Vincenzo, John ^c   Wheat, Joseph L ^d  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d MIRAVISTA DIAGNOSTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Antigen; Histoplasmosis; Serum; Urinary

Indexed keywords

EDETIC ACID; FUNGUS ANTIGEN; HISTOPLASMA ANTIGEN; ITRACONAZOLE; PREDNISONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE PULMONARY HISTOPLASMOSIS; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INFANT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; ULTRAFILTRATION; URINALYSIS;

EID: 67649547265     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e318193ecc1     Document Type: Article

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