The value of CMV and fungal PCR for monitoring of acute leukaemia and autologous stem cell transplant patients

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 121-126

  Ljungman, Per ^a   Von Döbeln, Lovisa ^a   Ringholm, Lotta ^a   Lewensohn Fuchs, Ilona ^a   Klingspor, Lena ^a   Sparrelid, Elda ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CARBOPLATIN; CARMUSTINE; CLADRIBINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; DAUNORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; FLUDARABINE; FUNGAL DNA; MELPHALAN; MESSENGER RNA; POSACONAZOLE; THIOTEPA; VIRUS DNA;

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE MYELOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREAST CANCER; CANDIDA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA DETERMINATION; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; MYCOSIS; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCE BASED AMPLIFICATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA;

EID: 14544276345     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/23744235.2019.12063271     Document Type: Article

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