Serologic

... outside the endemic states of the southwestern USA. Confirmation of a clinical diagnosis of acute pulmonary coccidioidomycosis still depends on serologic tests for antibodies that, at the earliest, do not appear until 1-3 weeks after the onset of symptoms. More research is also needed to develop ...

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... 1 year later. SEE PICTURES (FIGURES) Abundant round parasitic elements in skin tissue of the patient surrounded by a double membrane... HIV serologic analysis was performed in 2002, and the results were positive. The patient then began treatment for HIV infection. He is currently being monitored ...

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... however, may remain infectious for years...... The diagnosis of Tyzzer's disease most frequently hinges on light microscopic observation and/or serologic detection. Seroconversion relies on active replication of viable organisms present within body tissues. Gross liver lesions are not always ...

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... less than 0.005); no patient had iridocyclitis or a positive test for antinuclear antibodies. Neither cultures of synovium and synovial fluid nor serologic tests were positive for agents known to cause arthritis. "Lyme arthritis" is thought to be a previously unrecognized clinical entity, ...

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