[HTML][HTML] Diagnostic performance of the IMMY cryptococcal antigen lateral flow assay on serum and cerebrospinal fluid for diagnosis of cryptococcosis in HIV-negative …

C Macrae, J Ellis, SH Keddie, J Falconer… - BMC infectious …, 2023 - Springer
… of cryptococcosis in HIV-negative populations has not previously … diagnostic performance
of the IMMY CrAg ® LFA compared to other cryptococcal diagnostic tests for the diagnosis of …

[HTML][HTML] Comparison of a Lateral Flow Assay and a Latex Agglutination Test for the Diagnosis of Cryptococcus Neoformans Infection

T Schub, J Forster, S Suerbaum, J Wagener… - Current microbiology, 2021 - Springer
diagnostics is covered: microscopy of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) … case were tested for
cryptococcal antigen using the IMMY … robust studies that evaluate the diagnostic performance [19, …

High prevalence of central nervous system cryptococcosis using a fingerprick whole-blood lateral flow assay in individuals with neurological symptoms and advanced …

FG Oliveira, JAS Nakagawa, JMM De Oliveira… - Medical …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
… -blood cryptococcal antigen (CrAg) lateral flow assay (LFA) as the first test for diagnosing
CNS cryptococcosis… We evaluated the prevalence of CNS cryptococcosis and cryptococcal

[HTML][HTML] Point of care testing evaluation of lateral flow immunoassay for diagnosis of cryptococcus meningitis in HIV-positive patients at an urban hospital in Nairobi …

LK Gitonga, WG Boru, A Kwena, M Maritim… - BMC Research …, 2019 - Springer
… 124 capillary blood and serum and 99 cerebrospinal fluid (… serum [12, 18]. Comparable
results were reported in a study on multisite validation of cryptococcal antigen lateral flow assay

Cryptococcal and Histoplasma Antigen Screening Among People With Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Ghana and Comparative Analysis of OIDx Histoplasma Lateral Flow …

BK Ocansey, B Otoo, I Asamoah, V Ganu… - Open Forum …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
… Additional samples such as cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), biopsies, blood, or … Cryptococcal
antigen screening was done on sera, using the IMMY CrAg LFA (Immuno-Mycologics Diagnostics

[HTML][HTML] Multisite validation of cryptococcal antigen lateral flow assay and quantification by laser thermal contrast

DR Boulware, MA Rolfes, R Rajasingham… - Emerging infectious …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… of-care cryptococcal antigen (CRAG) lateral flow immunochromatographic assay (LFA), we
assessed diagnostic performance of … (CRAG) in serum or cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is used for …

Symptomatic cryptococcal antigenemia presenting as early cryptococcal meningitis with negative cerebral spinal fluid analysis

K Ssebambulidde, AS Bangdiwala… - Clinical Infectious …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
… CrAg vs the ability to detect CrAg in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) … testing of whole blood with
the CrAg lateral flow assay (LFA; … should always include blood testing of cryptococcal antigen, …

[HTML][HTML] Developments in fungal serology

PL White - Current Fungal Infection Reports, 2023 - Springer
serum and BAL fluid, a lateral flow assay utilizing the capture antibody mAb476 has been
developed for the diagnosis … The validity and utility of BDG testing of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) …

Correlation between serum cryptococcal antigen titre and meningitis in immunocompetent patients

I Gassiep, C Aye, M Armstrong… - Journal of Medical …, 2018 - microbiologyresearch.org
… system by identifying serum or cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) CRAG and positive … The cryptococcal
antigen testing method was changed from a latex agglutination test to a lateral flow assay

[HTML][HTML] Diagnosis and management of central nervous system cryptococcal infections in HIV-infected adults

C Skipper, M Abassi, DR Boulware - Journal of Fungi, 2019 - mdpi.com
… the clearance of yeast from the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) after … diagnostic test, not all
lateral flow assays are created equal. … those with cryptococcal antigen in peripheral blood (ie, …