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VALUE OF LATEX TEST IN CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS
Author(s) -
Asznowicz Richard,
NewtonJohn Hugh,
Kaldor Jakov
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1979.tb112155.x
Subject(s) - latex fixation test , cryptococcal meningitis , medicine , cerebrospinal fluid , meningitis , direct agglutination test , cryptococcus neoformans , immunology , surgery , microbiology and biotechnology , antibody , biology , serology , viral disease , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)
The history of a man suffering from chronic cryptococcal meningitis is presented. A series of cerebrospinal fluid and serum specimens from this patient were investigated retrospectively by latex agglutination for the presence of cryptococcal antigens. The results were related to other laboratory findings, and to the patient's clinical progress. The cryptococcal latex agglutination test was shown to be potentially useful in the diagnosis, management, and prognosis of such patients.