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Platelia Aspergillus assay for diagnosis of disseminated histoplasmosis

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The Platelia Aspergillus assay tested positive in 8 of 11 patients with disseminated histoplasmosis. While other available methods for diagnosis have several drawbacks, this cross-reactivity is particularly valuable in the perspective of practitioners outside the USA who cannot use the test detecting antigen of Histoplasma capsulatum.

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Acknowledgments

This work has been presented in part at the 16th Congress of the International Society for Human and Animal Mycology, 25–29 June 2006, Paris, France: Abstract P-0293 and P-0299.

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  1. Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, AP-HM Timone, 13385, Marseille Cedex 5, France

    S. Ranque & A. Michel-Nguyen

  2. Service de Microbiologie-Infectiologie, L’Hôtel-Dieu de Québec du CHUQ, Quebec, Canada

    R. Pelletier

  3. French National Reference Centre for Mycoses and Antifungals (CNR de la Mycologie et des Antifongiques), Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

    F. Dromer

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Ranque, S., Pelletier, R., Michel-Nguyen, A. et al. Platelia Aspergillus assay for diagnosis of disseminated histoplasmosis. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 26, 941–943 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-007-0380-7

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