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Cross-Reacting Ustilago maydis Causing False-Positive Cryptococcal Antigen Test Results

Matthew P. Cheng, Tien T. Nguyen, Leighanne O. Parkes, Philippe J. Dufresne, Donald C. Sheppard
David W. Warnock, Editor
Matthew P. Cheng
aDivision of Infectious Diseases and Department of Medical Microbiology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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aDivision of Infectious Diseases and Department of Medical Microbiology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Leighanne O. Parkes
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Donald C. Sheppard
aDivision of Infectious Diseases and Department of Medical Microbiology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
cInfectious Diseases in Global Health Program, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00920-17
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DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00920-17
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28747366

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  • Published online September 25, 2017.

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  1. Matthew P. Chenga,
  2. Tien T. Nguyena,
  3. Leighanne O. Parkesa,
  4. Philippe J. Dufresneb and
  5. Donald C. Shepparda,c
  1. aDivision of Infectious Diseases and Department of Medical Microbiology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  2. bInstitute National de Santé Publique du Québec, Laboratoire de Santé Publique du Québec, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  3. cInfectious Diseases in Global Health Program, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • Address correspondence to Matthew P. Cheng, matthew.cheng{at}mail.mcgill.ca.
  • Citation Cheng MP, Nguyen TT, Parkes LO, Dufresne PJ, Sheppard DC. 2017. Cross-reacting Ustilago maydis causing false-positive cryptococcal antigen test results. J Clin Microbiol 55:3135–3137. https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00920-17 .

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Cross-Reacting Ustilago maydis Causing False-Positive Cryptococcal Antigen Test Results
Matthew P. Cheng, Tien T. Nguyen, Leighanne O. Parkes, Philippe J. Dufresne, Donald C. Sheppard
Journal of Clinical Microbiology Sep 2017, 55 (10) 3135-3137; DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00920-17
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