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Guidelines for the investigation of invasive fungal infections in haematological malignancy and solid organ transplantation
Invasive fungal infections are increasing in incidence and now affect as many as 50% of neutropenic/bone marrow transplant patients and 5 to 20% of solid organ transplant recipients. Unfortunately, many of the...
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Diagnosis of Systemic Candidosis by Latex Particle Agglutination
A number of tests which detect Candida antigen in body fluids have been described for the diagnosis of systemic candidosis. Many of these tests have poor sensitivity or involve complex methodology and none is rou...
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Serotypes of Clinical and Saprophytic Isolates of Cryptococcus Neoformans
Infections due to Cryptococcus neoformans occur worldwide but they are now seen most often in patients with AIDS. There are 2 varieties and several serotypes of Cr. neoformans. Cr. neoformans var. neoformans comp...