Detection of the Candida Antigen Mannan in Cerebrospinal Fluid Specimens from Patients Suspected of Having Candida Meningitis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 867-870

  Verduyn Lunel, Frans M ^a   Voss, Andreas ^a   Kuijper, Ed J ^b   Gelinck, L B S ^b   Hoogerbrugge, Peter M ^a   Liem, K L ^a   Kullberg, Bart Jan ^a   Verweij, Paul E ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; CANDIDA ANTIGEN; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; MANNAN;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GUILLIERMONDII; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; FUNGAL CELL CULTURE; FUNGAL MENINGITIS; HUMAN; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEWBORN; ORGANIC PSYCHOSYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITRECTOMY;

AGED; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MANNANS; MENINGITIS, FUNGAL; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; PICHIA GUILLIERMONDII;

EID: 1242314274     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.2.867-870.2004     Document Type: Article

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