Diagnosis of acute pulmonary histoplasmosis by antigen detection

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1878-1882

  Swartzentruber, S ^a   Rhodes, L ^b   Kurkjian, K ^c,d   Zahn, M ^e   Brandt, M E ^d   Connolly, P ^a   Wheat, L J ^a  

^a MIRAVISTA DIAGNOSTICS   (United States)

^b LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PULMONARY HISTOPLASMOSIS; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; LUNG INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; HISTOPLASMA; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMANS; IMMUNODIFFUSION; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MALE;

EID: 72049098522     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/648421     Document Type: Article

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