Value of Candida antigen and antibody assays for the diagnosis of invasive candidosis in surgical intensive care patients

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 916-920

  Lepper, Philipp M ^a   Essig, Andreas ^a   Trautmann, Matthias ^a   Wiedeck, Heidemarie ^a   Geldner, Götz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Diagnosis; Peritonitis; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

CANDIDA ANTIGEN; FUNGUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CANDIDIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT;

ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; APACHE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034997097     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001340100891     Document Type: Article

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