Prospective screening by a panfungal polymerase chain reaction assay in patients at risk for fungal infections: Implications for the management of febrile neutropenia

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 635-640

  Perrotta, Silverio ^a   Cappellini, Maria Domenica ^b   Bertoldo, Francesco ^c   Servedio, Veronica ^d   Iolascon, Giovanni ^a   D'Agruma, Leonardo ^e   Gasparini, Paolo ^e   Siciliani, Maria Carmen ^f   Iolascon, Achille ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^e IRCCS San Giovanni Rotondo   (Italy)

^f CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Early diagnosis; Febrile neutropenia; Invasive fungal infection; Panfungal PCR

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BIOASSAY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; HUMAN; MYCOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTIFUNGAL; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CANDIDIASIS; FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; GENES, FUNGAL; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID; LIVER DISEASES; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NEUTROPENIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034529921     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2000.02378.x     Document Type: Article

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