Evaluation of Turnaround Times for Antigen Testing in Hospitalized Patients With Histoplasmosis and Blastomycosis.

Liam M DaltonCarol A KauffmanBlair RichardsMarisa H Miceli

Published in: Open forum infectious diseases (2024)

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.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
metabolic syndrome
glycemic control