A multicenter evaluation of tests for diagnosis of histoplasmosis

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 448-454

  Hage, Chadi A ^a   Ribes, Julie A ^b   Wengenack, Nancy L ^c   Baddour, Larry M ^c   Assi, Maha ^d   McKinsey, David S ^e   Hammoud, Kassem ^f   Alapat, Daisy ^b   Esther Babady, N ^g   Parker, Michelle ^a   Fuller, DeAnna ^a   Noor, Aliya ^a   Davis, Thomas E ^a   Rodgers, Mark ^h   Connolly, Patricia A ^h   El Haddad, Boutros ⁱ   Joseph Wheat, L ^h  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^e Infectious Diseases Associates   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^h MIRAVISTA DIAGNOSTICS   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLASTOMYCOSIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINALYSIS;

ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS REACTIONS; HISTOPLASMA; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 80051970256     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cir435     Document Type: Article

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