Serological diagnosis of paracoccidioidomycosis: high rate of inter-laboratorial variability among medical mycology reference centers.

• Main Authors: Monica Scarpelli Martinelli Vidal (Author), Gilda Maria Barbaro Del Negro (Author), Adriana Pardini Vicentini (Author), Teresinha Inez Estivalet Svidzinski (Author), Maria Jose Mendes-Giannini (Author), Ana Marisa Fusco Almeida (Author), Roberto Martinez (Author), Zoilo Pires de Camargo (Author), Carlos Pelleschi Taborda (Author), Gil Benard (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Serological tests have long been established as rapid, simple and inexpensive tools for the diagnosis and follow-up of PCM. However, different protocols and antigen preparations are used and the few attempts to standardize the routine serological methods have not succeeded.We compared the performanc...