Invasive fungal infections. The use of serologic tests in diagnosis and management
- 1 June 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of internal medicine (1960)
- Vol. 143 (6) , 1215-1220
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.143.6.1215
Abstract
Serologic tests are useful in providing a presumptive diagnosis of invasive fungal infection, allowing early institution of specific therapy. The judicious use of these serologic tests for circulating antibodies or antigens also may aid in analyzing response to treatment and in assessing prognosis. This review summarizes the currently available serologic tests for common invasive mycoses and discusses their relative usefulness and reliability.This publication has 20 references indexed in Scilit:
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