Histoplasma antigen clearance during treatment of histoplasmosis in patients with AIDS determined by a quantitative antigen enzyme immunoassay

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 661-666

  Hage, Chadi A ^a   Kirsch, Emily J ^b   Stump, Timothy E ^a   Kauffman, Carol A ^c   Goldman, Mitchell ^a   Connolly, Patricia ^b   Johnson, Philip C ^d   Wheat, L Joseph ^b   Baddley, John W ^e  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MIRAVISTA DIAGNOSTICS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B DEOXYCHOLATE; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; FUNGUS ANTIGEN; HISTOPLASMA ANTIGEN; ITRACONAZOLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE DISSEMINATED HISTOPLASMOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; URINALYSIS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; DRUG MONITORING; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; ITRACONAZOLE;

EID: 79954540058     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00389-10     Document Type: Article

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