Candida precipitins as a diagnostic aid in Candida endocarditis
- 28 November 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 236 (22) , 2518-2520
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.236.22.2518
Abstract
A case of [human] aortic valve homograft endocarditis secondary to preoperative contamination of the homograft is reported. Candida precipitins, determined by double immunodiffusion, were an invaluable aid in diagnosis in the presence of negative venous blood cultures.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
- Serologic Diagnosis of Disseminated Candidiasis in Patients with Acute LeukemiaAnnals of Internal Medicine, 1969
- Surgical treatment of candida endocarditisJAMA, 1968
- Serodiagnosis of Systemic CandidiasisThe Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1967