Screening for circulating galactomannan as a noninvasive diagnostic tool for invasive aspergillosis in prolonged neutropenic patients and stem cell transplantation recipients: A prospective validation

Blood

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1604-1610

  Maertens, Johan ^a   Verhaegen, Jan ^a   Lagrou, Katrien ^a   Van Eldere, Johan ^a   Boogaerts, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALACTOMANNAN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST;

EID: 0035869539     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood.V97.6.1604     Document Type: Article

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