Clinical Testing Guidance for Histoplasmosis in Patients With Community-Acquired Pneumonia for Primary and Urgent Care Providers: Role of Enzyme Immunoassay Histoplasma-Specific Immunoglobulin G and Immunoglobulin M Testing.

Autor: Christenson, John C, Barros, Nicolas, Kirkpatrick, Lindsey, Schneider, Jack G
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Zdroj: Clinical Infectious Diseases; 9/15/2024, Vol. 79 Issue 3, p797-797, 1p
Abstrakt: The article discusses a study by D. J. Smith and colleagues which offered clinical testing guidance to clinicians who evaluate patients with suspected community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) caused by endemic mycoses. Topics include diagnostic tests for the various manifestations of histoplasmosis, observations on patients with acute pulmonary histoplamosis, and testing that was found to be the most sensitive approach, detecting 98 percent of cases.
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