Clinical and laboratory diagnosis.
Clinical diagnosis of invasive fungal infections demands a high clinical acumen, but both under- and over-diagnosis are common. Laboratory mycological tests have traditionally been limited by a range of complications. Development of methodologies to detect fungal-specific immunoglobulins, cell wall antigens and nucleic acid have improved dramatically in recent years.
Richardson
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Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland.
Ellis
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M
D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D009181:Mycoses / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology