Accuracy of routine diagnostic tests used in paracoccidioidomycosis patients at a university hospital

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 105, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 473-478

  Moreto, T C ^a   Marques, M E A ^a   de Oliveira, M L S C ^a   Moris, D V ^a   de Carvalho, L R ^a   Mendes, R P ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cell block; Diagnosis; Direct mycological examination; Histopathology; Immunodiffusion; Paracoccidioidomycosis

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CELL BLOCK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DOUBLE IMMUNODIFFUSION TEST; FUNGAL EXAMINATION; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNODIFFUSION; LUNG LAVAGE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AMERICAN BLASTOMYCOSIS; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; BRAZIL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; IMMUNODIFFUSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARACOCCIDIOIDES; PARACOCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPUTUM;

PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 79960334954     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2011.03.001     Document Type: Article

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