D-arabinitol - A marker for invasive candidiasis

Medical Mycology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 391-396

  Christensson, Bertil ^a   Sigmundsdottir, G ^a   Larsson, L ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arabinitol method; Candidiasis; D arabinitol

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ARABINITOL; CREATINE;

BLOOD LEVEL; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDIASIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ISOMER; KIDNEY DISEASE; NEUTROPENIA; REVIEW; URINE LEVEL;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CANDIDIASIS; CREATININE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; NEUTROPENIA; SUGAR ALCOHOLS;

ANIMALIA; CANDIDA; CANDIDA GLABRATA; ISSATCHENKIA ORIENTALIS;

EID: 0033405446     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-280X.1999.00249.x     Document Type: Review

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