A comparative study of blood culture conventional method vs. a modified lysis/centrifugation technique for the diagnosis of fungemias;Comparación del método de hemocultivo convencional con el de lisis/centrifugación modificado para el diagnóstico de fungemias

Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 198-201

  Santiago, Axel Rodolfo ^a   Hernández, Betsy ^a   Rodríguez, Marina ^a   Romero, Hilda ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE CARACAS   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Blood culture conventional method; Candida albicans; Candida spp.; Cryptococcus neoformans; Fungemia; Histoplasma capsulatum; Modified Lysis centrifugation

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CENTRIFUGATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FUNGEMIA; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEUKEMIA; LYSIS; NONHUMAN; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEPTICEMIA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BLOOD; BLOOD CELLS; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CENTRIFUGATION; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FUNGEMIA; FUNGI; HISTOPLASMA; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; MYCOLOGY; NEUTROPENIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SAPONINS; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

AJELLOMYCES; AJELLOMYCES CAPSULATUS; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI;

EID: 12944314960     PISSN: 11301406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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