Plasma (1→3)-β-D-glucan measurement in diagnosis of invasive deep mycosis and fungal febrile episodes

The Lancet

Volumn 345, Issue 8941, 1995, Pages 17-20

  Obayashi, T ^a   Kawai, T ^a   Yoshida, M ^a   Mori, T ^b   Goto, H ^c   Yasuoka, A ^d   Shimada, K ^d   Iwasaki, H ^e   Teshima, H ^f   Kohno, S ^g   Horiuchi, A ^h   Ito, A ⁱ   Yamaguchi, H ^j  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN KOMAGOME HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^f CENTER FOR ADULT DISEASES   (Japan)

^g NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^h KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

ⁱ YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^j TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 1,3 GLUCAN; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; AUTOPSY; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD LEVEL; CANDIDA; COLLAGEN DISEASE; CRYPTOCOCCUS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICHOSPORON;

EID: 0028983695     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(95)91152-9     Document Type: Article

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