Identification and production of novel potential pathogen-specific biomarkers for diagnosis of histoplasmosis
Juan David Puerta-Arias,
Juan Pablo Isaza Agudelo,
Tonny Williams Naranjo Preciado
Abstract:Immunological assays based on the detection of circulating fungal biomarkers are helpful in clinical practice for diagnosing invasive fungal infections. Some of these targeting antigenic components are common to several different fungi. Histoplasmosis is a mycosis caused by the dimorphic fungus
Histoplasma capsulatum
, which in recent years has gained significant relevance due to the increase in the population susceptible to developing severe clinical forms, including those living with … Show more
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