Diagnostic Methods for Histoplasmosis: Focus on Endemic Countries with Variable Infrastructure Levels

Diagnosis of histoplasmosis remains challenging in resource-limited regions where HIV/AIDS is epidemic and histoplasmosis is endemic. Early and rapid detection of histoplasmosis is essential to preventing morbidity and mortality, yet few diagnostic options are available in low-resource areas of the...

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Fecha de publicación:
2014
Institución:
Universidad del Rosario
Repositorio:
Repositorio EdocUR - U. Rosario
Idioma:
eng
OAI Identifier:
oai:repository.urosario.edu.co:10336/23829
Acceso en línea:
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40475-014-0020-0
https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/23829
Palabra clave:
Africa
Ajellomyces capsulatus
Asia
Capillary tube precipitation test
Caribbean
Central America
Complement fixation test
Diagnostic procedure
Endemic disease
Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay
Fungus culture
Histopathology
Histoplasmosis
Human
Human immunodeficiency virus infection
Immunodiffusion
Laboratory diagnosis
Loop mediated isothermal amplification
Microscopy
Morbidity
Mortality
North America
Polymerase chain reaction
Priority journal
Progressive disseminated histoplasmosis
Review
Sensitivity and specificity
South America
Western blotting
AIDS
Diagnosis
Histoplasmosis
HIV
Progressive disseminated histoplasmosis (PDH)
Endemic countries
Histoplasma capsulatum
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