Efficient diagnosis of vulvovaginal candidiasis by use of a new rapid immunochromatography test

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3821-3825

  Marot Leblond, Agnes ^a   Nail Billaud, Sandrine ^a   Pilon, Françoise ^b   Beucher, Bertrand ^a   Poulain, Daniel ^c   Robert, Raymond ^a  

^a ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Laboratoire Tharreau   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; EPITOPE; GLUCOSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; PYRANOSIDE;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CELL WALL; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS; VAGINITIS; YEAST;

CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS, VULVOVAGINAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MANNANS; MICROSCOPY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

CANDIDA;

EID: 71549158839     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01168-09     Document Type: Article

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