Evaluation of the Dynamiker Cryptococcal Antigen Lateral Flow Assay for the Diagnosis of HIV-Associated Cryptococcosis-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Evaluation of the Dynamiker Cryptococcal Antigen Lateral Flow Assay for the Diagnosis of HIV-Associated Cryptococcosis

Published:2021-02-18 Issue:3 Volume:59 Page:
ISSN:0095-1137
Container-title:Journal of Clinical Microbiology
language:en
Short-container-title:J Clin Microbiol

Author:

Kwizera Richard¹^ORCID,Omali Denis¹,Tadeo Kiiza¹,Kasibante John¹,Rutakingirwa Morris K.¹,Kagimu Enock¹,Ssebambulidde Kenneth¹,Williams Darlisha A.¹²,Rhein Joshua¹²^ORCID,Boulware David²,Meya David B.¹²³

Affiliation:

1. Infectious Diseases Institute, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

2. Division of Infectious Diseases and International Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

3. Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Abstract

Cryptococcal meningitis is a leading cause of meningitis in sub-Saharan Africa. Given the need for rapid point-of-care testing, we evaluated the diagnostic performance of the Dynamiker cryptococcal antigen (CrAg) lateral flow assay (LFA).

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Microbiology (medical)

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/JCM.02421-20

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