Comparison of Aspergillus galactomannan antigen testing with a new cut-off index and Aspergillus precipitating antibody testing for the diagnosis of chronic pulmonary aspergillosis

Respirology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 701-708

  Kitasato, Yasuhiko ^a,b   Tao, Yoshiaki ^a   Hoshino, Tomoaki ^b   Tachibana, Kousuke ^a   Inoshima, Naoko ^a   Yoshida, Makoto ^a   Takata, Shohei ^a   Okabayashi, Kan ^a   Kawasaki, Masayuki ^a   Iwanaga, Tomoaki ^b   Aizawa, Hisamichi ^b  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION   (Japan)

^b KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aspergillus galactomannan antigen; Aspergillus precipitating antibody; Chronic necrotizing pulmonary aspergillosis; Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis; Pulmonary aspergilloma

Indexed keywords

BETA 1,3 GLUCAN;

ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; ASPERGILLUS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRECIPITIN TESTS; PULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 68149084569     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2009.01548.x     Document Type: Article

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