False Positive Test for Aspergillus Antigenemia Related to Concomitant Administration of Piperacillin and Tazobactam [8]

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 349, Issue 24, 2003, Pages 2366-2367

  Sulahian, Annie ^a   Touratier, Sophie ^a   Ribaud, Patricia ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; GALACTOMANNAN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CROSS REACTIONS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; MANNANS; PENICILLANIC ACID; PIPERACILLIN;

EID: 0344666747     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200312113492424     Document Type: Letter

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