Comparison of four assays for the detection of cryptococcal antigen

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1988-1990

  Binnicker, Matthew J ^a   Jespersen, D J ^a   Bestrom, J E ^a   Rollins, L O ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CRYPTOCOCCUS ANTIGEN; FUNGUS ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATERAL FLOW ASSAY; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MYCOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84870455041     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00446-12     Document Type: Article

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