Rapid diagnosis of cryptococcosis using an antigen detection immunochromatographic test

Journal of Infection

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 499-503

  Rivet Dañon, Diane ^a   Guitard, Juliette ^a,b,c,d   Grenouillet, Frédéric ^e   Gay, Frédérick ^b,c,d,f   Ait Ammar, Nawel ^g   Angoulvant, Adela ^h   Marinach, Carine ^b,c,d   Hennequin, Christophe ^a,b,c,d  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c Assistance publique Hôpitaux de Paris   (France)

^d SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BESANÇON   (France)

^f PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^g HÔPITAL AMBROISE PARÉ   (France)

^h BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Cryptococcosis; Diagnosis; Lateral flow assay; Rapid diagnosis test; Serotype

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; FUNGUS ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FRANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; LATERAL FLOW ASSAY; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRICHOSPORONOSIS; AGED; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BLOOD; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; AGED; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84927108939     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: 15322742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2014.12.017     Document Type: Article

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