The Diagnostic Laboratory Tests for Histoplasmosis.

Autor: Wheat, Joseph, French, Morris L. V., Kohler, Richard B., Zimmerman, Sarah E., Smith, Warren R., Norton, James A., Eitzen, Harold E., Smith, Coy D., Slama, Thomas G.
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Zdroj: Annals of Internal Medicine; Nov82, Vol. 97 Issue 5, p680, 6p, 6 Charts
Abstrakt: Evaluates the standard diagnostic tests for histoplasmosis through the analysis of a large histoplasmosis outbreak that occurred in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1978 and 1979. Comparison between the serologic response among the clinical syndromes with higher titers in cavitary and lower titers in disseminated disease; Clinical syndrome of histoplasmosis; Clinical features of patients with noncavitary pulmonary histoplasmosis; Factors that may affect the magnitude of the antibody response.
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