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The fight against HIV-associated disseminated histoplasmosis in the americas: u...
Nacher, Mathieu; Leitao, Terezinha Silva; Gómez, Beatriz L.; Couppié, Pierre; Adenis, Antoine; Damasceno, Lisandra; Demar, Magalie; Samayoa, BlancaDisseminated histoplasmosis is a major opportunistic infection of HIV-infected patients, killing thousands in Latin America each year. Yet, it remains a neglected disease that is often confused with tuberculosis, for lack of simple, affordable, and rapid diagnostic tools. There is great heterogeneity in the level of histoplasmosis awareness. The purpose of this report was to describe how the historical “awakeni...
Evaluation of a Cryptococcal antigen Lateral Flow Assay in serum and cerebrospi...
Cáceres, Diego H.; Zuluaga, Alejandra; Tabares, Ángela M.; Chiller, Tom; González, Ángel; Gómez, Beatriz L.A Lateral Flow Assay to detect cryptococcal antigen (CrAg® LFA) in serum and cerebrospinal fluid for the rapid diagnosis of cryptococcosis was evaluated. A retrospective validation was performed. Sensitivity and specificity of the CrAg® LFA was 100%. High concordance (kappa index=1.0) between Cryptococcal Antigen Latex Agglutination System (CALAS®) and CrAg® LFA was observed. CrAg® LFA showed higher analytical ...