Computed tomographic scan of the chest, latex agglutination test and plasma (1→3)-β-D-glucan assay in early diagnosis of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis: A prospective study of 215 patients

Haematologica

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 745-752

  Kami, M ^a   Tanaka, Y ^a   Kanda, Y ^a   Ogawa, S ^a   Masumoto, T ^a   Ohtomo, K ^a   Matsumura, T ^a   Saito, T ^a   Machida, U ^a   Kashima, T ^a   Hirai, H ^a  

^a TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

(1 3 D glucan; Computed tomography; Early diagnosis; Hematologic malignancy; Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis; Latex agglutination test; X ray

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; FLUCONAZOLE; GLUCAN; ITRACONAZOLE;

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BLOOD LEVEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CYTOTOXICITY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; ASPERGILLOSIS; BETA-GLUCANS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; GLUCANS; HUMANS; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033856691     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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