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Nombres alternativos

Prueba de anticuerpos para coccidioides en el líquido cefalorraquídeo

Valores normales:

Lo normal es la ausencia de hongos.

Significado de los resultados anormales:

Si el examen es positivo para hongos, los resultados indican la presencia de una infección activa en el sistema nervioso central. (Ver Coccidioidomicosis diseminada.)

Examen de sangre

Fecha de revisión: 6/18/2007
Versión en inglés revisada por:Mark Levin, MD, Division of Infectious Disease, MacNeal Hospital, Berwyn, IL. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
Traducción y localización realizada por: DrTango, Inc

Referencias

Chiller TM. Coccidioidomycosis. Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2003; 17(1): 41-57, viii.

Mandell GL, Bennett JE, Dolin R. Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases. 5th ed. London, UK: Churchill Livingstone; 2000:2746-2755.

Galgiani JN, Ampel N, Blair JE, et al. Coccidioidomycosis. Clin Infect Dis. 2005;41:1217-23.

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