Serum (1→3)-β-D-glucan measurement in coccidioidomycosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 3060-3062

  Thompson III, George R ^a   Bays, Derek J ^a   Johnson, Suzanne M ^a   Cohen, Stuart H ^a   Pappagianis, Demosthenes ^a   Finkelman, Malcolm A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Associates of Cape Cod Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 1,3 GLUCAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; BETA GLUCAN; BETA-1,3-D-GLUCAN;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BETA 1,3 GLUCAN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD LEVEL; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FUNGAL DETECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNODIFFUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; EVALUATION; SERUM;

BETA-GLUCANS; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERUM;

EID: 84865155962     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00631-12     Document Type: Article

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