Polymerase chain reaction is more sensitive than viral culture and antigen testing for the detection of respiratory viruses in adults with hematological cancer and pneumonia

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 177-183

  van Elden, Leontine J R ^a   van Kraaij, Marian G J ^b   Nijhuis, Monique ^a   Hendriksen, Karin A W ^a   Dekker, Ad W ^b   Rozenberg Arska, Maja ^a   van Loon, Anton M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONAVIRUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENTEROVIRUS; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; LEUKEMIA; LUNG LAVAGE; LYMPHOMA; MALE; NOSE SMEAR; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 1; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 2; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 3; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOVIRUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; THROAT CULTURE; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; RNA VIRUSES; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS CULTIVATION;

EID: 0037079850     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/338238     Document Type: Article

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