Evaluation of Turnaround Times for Antigen Testing in Hospitalized Patients With Histoplasmosis and Blastomycosis
Review of histoplasmosis and blastomycosis antigen testing for 39 patients hospitalized with these diseases found that there were significantly longer turnaround times between the time of specimen collection and receipt of positive test results among those patients who had worse outcomes.
Authors
- Liam Dalton
- Marisa H. Miceli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3175-0512)
- Blair Richards (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-1440-7040)
- Carol A. Kauffman
Institutions
- University of Michigan (US)
- Institute for Social Research (NO)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Open Forum Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2024-08-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofae521
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Fungal Infections and Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.16