Detection of Candida antigenuria in disseminated candidiasis by immunoblotting
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Detection of Candida antigenuria in disseminated candidiasis by immunoblotting.
Immunoblotting (Western blotting) was used to detect Candida albicans antigens in urine of 10 patients with disseminated candidiasis who had two or more positive blood cultures. Twelve urine samples were examined; and antigenuria was found in five of six patients with C. albicans infections, in one patient with a mixed Candida infection (including C. albicans), and in one of two patients with C...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Microbiology
سال: 1990
ISSN: 0095-1137,1098-660X
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.28.5.1075-1078.1990