Measurement of the D-arabinitol/L-arabinitol ratio in urine of neutropenic patients treated empirically with amphotericin B

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 179-184

  Salonen, J H ^a   Rimpilainen M ^b   Lehtonen, L ^b   Lehtonen, O P ^a   Nikoskelainen, J ^a  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ARABINITOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENANTIOMER; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MORTALITY; MYCOSIS; NEUTROPENIA; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0035041701     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100960100472     Document Type: Article

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