Enolase antigen, mannan antigen, Cand-Tec antigen, and β-glucan in patients with candidemia

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1918-1921

  Mitsutake, Kotaro ^a   Miyazaki, Takashige ^a   Tashiro, Takayoshi ^a   Yamamoto, Yoshihiro ^a   Kakeya, Hiroshi ^a   Otsubo, Takakazu ^a   Kawamura, Sumio ^a   Hossain, Mohammad Ashraf ^a   Noda, Tetsuhiro ^a   Hirakata, Yoichi ^a   Kohno, Shigeru ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCAN; CANDIDA ANTIGEN; ENOLASE; MANNAN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMULUS LYSATE TEST; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS;

CANDIDA; LIMULUS;

EID: 8944233862     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.8.1918-1921.1996     Document Type: Article

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