Blastomyces dermatitidis antigen detection by quantitative enzyme immunoassay

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 53-56

  Connolly, Patricia ^a   Hage, Chadi A ^b   Bariola, J Ryan ^c   Bensadoun, Eric ^d   Rodgers, Mark ^a   Bradsher, Robert W ^c   Wheat, L Joseph ^a  

^a MIRAVISTA DIAGNOSTICS   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDETIC ACID; GALACTOMANNAN;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ANTIGEN DETECTION; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLASTOMYCES DERMATITIDIS; BLASTOMYCOSIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CALIBRATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FUNGUS CULTURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINALYSIS;

EID: 84855708242     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.05248-11     Document Type: Article

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