Evaluation of a rapid lateral flow immunoassay for the detection of cryptococcal antigen for the early diagnosis of cryptococcosis in HIV patients in Colombia

Medical Mycology

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 765-768

  Escandón, Patricia ^a   Lizarazo, Jairo ^b   Agudelo, Clara Ines ^a   Chiller, Tom ^c   Castañeda, Elizabeth ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD   (Colombia)

^b Hospital Universitario Erasmo Meoz   (Colombia)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Colombia; Cryptococcosis; Diagnosis

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOCOCCAL ANTIGEN; FUNGUS ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COLOMBIA; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS CAPSULAR ANTIGEN DETECTION; FEMALE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; IMMUNOASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POINT OF CARE TESTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS LOAD; WASTING SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; CHILD; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884343574     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13693786.2013.781692     Document Type: Article

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