Systemic infections with Aspergillus species in patients with hematological malignancies: Current serological and molecular diagnostic approaches

Onkologie

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 531-536

  Buchheidt, Dieter ^a   Spiess, B ^a   Hehlmann, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aspergillus species; Detection; Hematology; Molecular methods; PCR; Serological assays

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; REVIEW; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035700340     PISSN: 0378584X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000055140     Document Type: Review

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