Detection of Blastomyces dermatitidis antigen in patients with newly diagnosed blastomycosis

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 187-191

  Bariola, J Ryan ^a   Hage, Chadi A ^b   Durkin, Michelle ^c   Bensadoun, Eric ^d   Gubbins, Paul O ^e   Wheat, L Joseph ^c   Bradsher, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b RICHARD L ROUDEBUSH VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MIRAVISTA DIAGNOSTICS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDETIC ACID; FUNGUS ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLASTOMYCES DERMATITIDIS; BLASTOMYCOSIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; URINALYSIS;

ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; BLASTOMYCES; BLASTOMYCOSIS; CROSS REACTIONS; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 78651417104     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2010.09.015     Document Type: Article

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