Clinical Utility of the Cryptococcal Antigen Lateral Flow Assay in a Diagnostic Mycology Laboratory

BACKGROUND: Cryptococcus neoformans causes life-threatening meningitis. A recently introduced lateral flow immunoassay (LFA) to detect cryptococcal antigen (CRAG) is reportedly more rapid and convenient than standard latex agglutination (LA), but has not yet been evaluated in a diagnostic laboratory...

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Autores principales: McMullan, Brendan J., Halliday, Catriona, Sorrell, Tania C., Judd, David, Sleiman, Sue, Marriott, Debbie, Olma, Tom, Chen, Sharon C-A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3498116/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23166705
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0049541

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3498116/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23166705
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0049541

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