Contribution of laboratory methods in diagnosing clinically suspected ocular toxoplasmosis in Brazilian patients

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 362-366

  Mattos, Cinara C B ^a   Meira, Cristina S ^b   Ferreira, Ana I C ^a   Frederico, Fábio B ^a   Hiramoto, Roberto M ^b   Almeida Jr, Gildásio C ^a   Mattos, Luiz C ^a   Pereira Chioccola, Vera L ^b  

^a FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DE SÃO JOSÉ DO RIO PRETO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

ESA ELISA; Molecular and serologic diagnosis; Ocular toxoplasmosis; PCR

Indexed keywords

EXCRETED SECRETED TACHYZOITE PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAZIL; CHORIORETINITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; TACHYZOITE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BLOOD; BRAZIL; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, OCULAR;

EID: 79959204372     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2011.02.002     Document Type: Article

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