Comparison of PCR-Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay and Real-Time PCR Assay for Diagnosis of an Unusual Case of Cerebral Toxoplasmosis in a Stem Cell Transplant Recipient

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 5313-5316

  Menotti, Jean ^a   Vilela, Gustavo ^a   Romand, Stéphane ^b   Garin, Yves Jean François ^a   Ades, Lionel ^a   Gluckman, Eliane ^a   Derouin, Francis ^a   Ribaud, Patricia ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Institut de Puericulture   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMIKACIN; AMPHOTERICIN B; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; FLUCONAZOLE; IMATINIB; INTERFERON; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADIAZINE; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAIN INFECTION; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MATERIAL COATING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SERUM; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, CHRONIC; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CEREBRAL;

EID: 0242509083     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.11.5313-5316.2003     Document Type: Article

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