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Evaluation of point of care serum cryptococcal antigen by lateral flow immunoassay for diagnosis of cryptococcosis and cryptococcal meningitis in HIV-positive patients

BACKGROUND: Cryptococcal meningitis (CM) is the initial acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) defining illness in 2% of patients with CD4 levels <100/μL and a leading cause of mortality in AIDS in the developing world. It is the most common opportunistic infection of the central nervous syste...

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Autores principales: Kamble, Ulka, Dheeresh, K. H., Bhosale, Kakasaheb, Indu, M. B., Sharma, Brijesh, Chowdhary, Anuradha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8579591/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34765932
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijstd.IJSTD_94_19