Western blotting is an efficient tool for differential diagnosis of paracoccidioidomycosis and pulmonary tuberculosis

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1887-1888

  Bertoni, Thâmara Aline ^a   Perenha Viana, Maysa Cláudia Zolin ^a   Patussi, Eliana Valéria ^a   Cardoso, Rosilene Fressatti ^a   Svidzinski, Terezinha Inez Estivalet ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

FUNGUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; SOUTH AMERICAN BLASTOMYCOSIS; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARACOCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERUM; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84868228767     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00252-12     Document Type: Article

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