Inactivated pronase as the cause of false-positive results of serum cryptococcal antigen tests

被引：9

作者：

Stoeckli, TC

Burman, WJ

机构：

[1] Univ Colorado, Hlth Sci Ctr, Div Infect Dis, Denver, CO USA

[2] Denver Publ Hlth, Denver, CO USA

来源：

CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES | 2001年 / 32卷 / 05期

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D O I：

10.1086/319212

中图分类号：

R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];

学科分类号：

100102 ;

摘要：

Four patients who had acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and who were evaluated for headache within a 3-week period had false-positive results of serum cryptococcal antigen tests. This cluster of false-positive test results appeared to be due to inactivation of the pronase vial in the test kit, a cause that has not been reported previously.

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