Direct immunofluorescence in the diagnosis of toxoplasmic lymphadenitis.
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Direct immunofluorescence in the diagnosis of toxoplasmic lymphadenitis.
The diagnosis of toxoplasmic lymphadenitis was established through the demonstration, by direct immunofluorescence, of toxoplasma cysts and trophozoites in a cervical lymph node biopsy which also had a characteristic histopathology. The patient had cervical lymphadenopathy and increased specific fluorescent antitoxoplasma IgG and IgM antibodies.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Pathology
سال: 1977
ISSN: 0021-9746
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.30.9.847