Fungus culture and PCR in nasal lavage samples of patients with chronic rhinosinusitis

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 31-37

  Polzehl, Doreen ^a   Weschta, Michael ^a   Podbielski, Andreas ^b   Riechelmann, Herbert ^a   Rimek, Dagmar ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b ROSTOCK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^d TLLV   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CANDIDA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE MUCUS; PENICILLIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOSINUSITIS;

ADULT; AGED; ASPERGILLUS; CANDIDA; FEMALE; FUNGI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOLOGY; MYCOSES; NASAL LAVAGE FLUID; PENICILLIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHINITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINUSITIS;

EID: 12744277931     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.45881-0     Document Type: Article

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