Early detection of Aspergillus infection after allogeneic stem cell transplantation by polymerase chain reaction screening

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 181, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1713-1719

  Hebart, Holger ^a   Löffler, Jürgen ^a   Meisner, Christof ^a   Serey, François ^a   Schmidt, Diethard ^a   Böhme, Angelika ^b   Martin, Hans ^b   Engel, Andreas ^c   Bunjes, Donald ^c   Kern, Winfried V ^c   Schumacher, Ulrike ^a   Kanz, Lothar ^a   Einsele, Hermann ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^d Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 0034123536     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/315435     Document Type: Article

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