Detection of Cryptococcus by conventional, serological and molecular methods

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1098-1105

  Saha, Dolan Champa ^a   Xess, Immaculata ^a   Biswas, Ashutosh ^a   Bhowmik, Dipankar M ^a   Padma, M V ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNGAL DETECTION; HUMAN; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650722966     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.007328-0     Document Type: Article

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