Use of the correlation coefficient to compare a point-of-care antigen test against a quantitative sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the detection of cryptococcal meningitis
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- DOI: 10.1093/cid/cis780
Use of the correlation coefficient to compare a point-of-care antigen test against a quantitative sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the detection of cryptococcal meningitis
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Evaluation of a novel point-of-care cryptococcal antigen test on serum, plasma, and urine from patients with HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis.Clin Infect Dis. 2011 Nov;53(10):1019-23. doi: 10.1093/cid/cir613. Epub 2011 Sep 21. Clin Infect Dis. 2011. PMID: 21940419 Free PMC article.
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