Diagnosis of systemic Candida infections in patients of the intensive care unit. Significance of serum antigens and antibodies

Mycoses

Volumn 45, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 22-28

  Bar W ^a,b   Hecker, H ^a  

^a CARL THIEM KLINIKUM   (Germany)

^b Carl Thiem Hospital Cottbus   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antibody; Antigen; Candida; Candidosis; Intensive care unit; Serology; Systemic infection

Indexed keywords

CANDIDA ANTIGEN; FUNGUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CANDIDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FUNGAL DETECTION; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; KIDNEY; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SPLEEN;

CANDIDA; FUNGI;

EID: 0036190140     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0507.2002.00709.x     Document Type: Article

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