Application of immunoblot assay for rapid diagnosis of human pythiosis

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1063-1071

  Supabandhu, Jidapa ^a   Vanittanakom, Pramote ^a   Laohapensang, Kamphol ^a   Vanittanakom, Nongnuch ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Immunoblotting; Infection; Pythium

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FUNGAL CELL CULTURE; FUNGAL DETECTION; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MYCOSIS; PENICILLIUM MARNEFFEI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PYTHIOSIS; PYTHIUM; SEROLOGY; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IMMUNOLOGY; INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; RABBIT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME;

ANTIBODY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; INFECTION; PYTHIUM; RABBITS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 68949164627     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: 01252208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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