Cross-reactivity in the Histoplasma antigen enzyme immunoassay caused by sporotrichosis

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1781-1782

  Assi, Maha ^a   Lakkis, Iass E ^b   Wheat, L Joseph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

^b MIRAVISTA DIAGNOSTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FUNGUS ANTIGEN; GALACTOMANNAN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CASE REPORT; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CROSS REACTION; DYSPHAGIA; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HISTOPLASMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MOUTH ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN ULCER; SPOROTHRIX; SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII; SPOROTRICHOSIS; YEAST CELL;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; CROSS REACTIONS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOPLASMA; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MICROSCOPY; MYCOLOGY; SPOROTHRIX; SPOROTRICHOSIS;

EID: 80053448610     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.05017-11     Document Type: Article

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