Implications of false positive serology of Toxoplasma gondii in a pre-transplant patient

Lab Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 56-58

  Beal, Stacy ^a   Racsa, Lori ^a   Alatoom, Adnan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

False positive IgM; Serology; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

FOLINIC ACID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PROTOZOAL DNA; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADIAZINE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FATHER; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; ONSET AGE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; YOUNG ADULT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TOXOPLASMOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84900531618     PISSN: 00075027     EISSN: 19437730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/LMQIB0BPOJ96WGCU     Document Type: Article

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