Point of care testing evaluation of lateral flow immunoassay for diagnosis of cryptococcus meningitis in HIV-positive patients at an urban hospital in Nairobi, Kenya, 2017
Abstract Objectives The objective of this study was to evaluate the performance of lateral flow immunoassay (LFA) against latex agglutination (LA), India ink and culture in point-of-care diagnosis of cryptococcus meningitis (CM). We conducted cross-sectional study among HIV-positive patients with su...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-12-01
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Series: | BMC Research Notes |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-019-4829-4 |