Systemic zygomycosis diagnosed by fine needle aspiration and confirmed with enzyme immunoassay.
A diagnosis of systemic zygomycosis made by fine needle aspiration of a kidney abscess was confirmed with a serum enzyme immunoassay for Zygomycetes. The serum immunoassay may provide a method for rapid diagnosis and obviate major invasive diagnostic procedures in establishing the diagnosis of zygomycosis.
D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008169:Lung Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D012233:Rhizopus