Cross-reactivity in the Platelia™ Aspergillus enzyme immunoassay caused by blastomycosis

Medical Mycology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 396-398

  Van Der Veer, Jon ^a   Lewis, Roshan J ^a   Emtiazjoo, Amir M ^b   Allen, Stephen D ^c   Wheat, L Joseph ^d   Hage, Chadi A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MIRAVISTA DIAGNOSTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Blastomycosis; Cross reaction; Galactomannan

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS GALACTOMANNAN; BLASTOMYCES DERMATITIDIS; BLASTOMYCOSIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; CROSS REACTION; DYSPNEA; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; LUNG HILUS; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MULTIPLE PULMONARY NODULES; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; BLASTOMYCOSIS; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; CROSS REACTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MANNANS; MYCOLOGY;

AJELLOMYCES CAPSULATUS; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS GALACTOMANNAN;

EID: 84859764035     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13693786.2011.608172     Document Type: Article

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