Diagnostic accuracy cohort study and clinical value of the Histoplasma urine antigen (ALPHA Histoplasma EIA) for disseminated histoplasmosis among HIV infected patients: A multicenter study.

• Main Authors: Pedro Torres-González (Author), María Dolores Niembro-Ortega (Author), Areli Martínez-Gamboa (Author), Víctor Hugo Ahumada-Topete (Author), Jaime Andrade-Villanueva (Author), Javier Araujo-Meléndez (Author), Alberto Chaparro-Sánchez (Author), Brenda Crabtree-Ramírez (Author), Sofia Cruz-Martínez (Author), Armando Gamboa-Domínguez (Author), Oscar I Flores-Barrientos (Author), Jesús Enrique Gaytán-Martínez (Author), Luz Alicia González-Hernández (Author), Christian Hernández-León (Author), Víctor Hugo Lozano-Fernandez (Author), Marisol Manríquez-Reyes (Author), Martin Magaña-Aquino (Author), Pedro Martínez-Ayala (Author), Juan Pablo Ramírez-Hinojosa (Author), Andrea Rangel-Cordero (Author), Norma Erendira Rivera-Martínez (Author), Edgardo Reyes-Gutiérrez (Author), Gustavo Reyes-Terán (Author), Patricia Rodríguez-Zulueta (Author), Jesús Ruíz-Quiñones (Author), Janeth Santiago-Cruz (Author), Nancy Guadalupe Velázquez-Zavala (Author), José Sifuentes-Osornio (Author), Alfredo Ponce de León (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND:The Histoplasma urine antigen (HUAg) is the preferred method to diagnose progressive disseminated histoplasmosis (PDH) in HIV patients. In 2007, IMMY ALPHA Histoplasma EIA was approved for clinical for on-site use, and therefore useful for regions outside the United States. However, ALPHA...