False-positive results in premature infants with the Platelia® Aspergillus sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay

Mycoses

Volumn 41, Issue 9-10, 1998, Pages 373-377

  Siemann, Michael ^a   Koch Dorfler M ^a   Gaude, M ^b  

^a Stadtisches Krankenhaus Kiel   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antigen detection; Aspergillus ELISA; Aspergillus infection; Platelia Aspergillus ELISA; Premature infants mycoserology

Indexed keywords

GALACTOMANNAN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; NEWBORN; PNEUMONIA; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SINUSITIS;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS GALACTOMANNAN;

EID: 0344178036     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.1998.tb00356.x     Document Type: Article

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