Diagnostic accuracy cohort study and clinical value of the Histoplasma urine antigen (ALPHA Histoplasma EIA) for disseminated histoplasmosis among HIV infected patients: A multicenter study.

Diagnostic accuracy cohort study and clinical value of the Histoplasma urine antigen (ALPHA Histoplasma EIA) for disseminated histoplasmosis among HIV infected patients: A multicenter study.

BACKGROUND:The Histoplasma urine antigen (HUAg) is the preferred method to diagnose progressive disseminated histoplasmosis (PDH) in HIV patients. In 2007, IMMY ALPHA Histoplasma EIA was approved for clinical for on-site use, and therefore useful for regions outside the United States. However, ALPHA...

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Main Authors: Pedro Torres-González, María Dolores Niembro-Ortega, Areli Martínez-Gamboa, Víctor Hugo Ahumada-Topete, Jaime Andrade-Villanueva, Javier Araujo-Meléndez, Alberto Chaparro-Sánchez, Brenda Crabtree-Ramírez, Sofia Cruz-Martínez, Armando Gamboa-Domínguez, Oscar I Flores-Barrientos, Jesús Enrique Gaytán-Martínez, Luz Alicia González-Hernández, Christian Hernández-León, Víctor Hugo Lozano-Fernandez, Marisol Manríquez-Reyes, Martin Magaña-Aquino, Pedro Martínez-Ayala, Juan Pablo Ramírez-Hinojosa, Andrea Rangel-Cordero, Norma Erendira Rivera-Martínez, Edgardo Reyes-Gutiérrez, Gustavo Reyes-Terán, Patricia Rodríguez-Zulueta, Jesús Ruíz-Quiñones, Janeth Santiago-Cruz, Nancy Guadalupe Velázquez-Zavala, José Sifuentes-Osornio, Alfredo Ponce de León
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-11-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6237426?pdf=render

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