Aspergillus antigen in serum, urine and bronchoalveolar lavage specimens of neutropenic patients in relation to clinical outcome

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 485-490

  Salonen, Juha ^a   Lehtonen, Olli Pekka ^a   Teräsjärvi, Marja Riitta ^b   Nikoskelainen, Jukka ^a  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FUNGUS ANTIGEN; GALACTOMANNAN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUTROPENIA; URINE LEVEL;

EID: 0033794030     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/003655400458749     Document Type: Article

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