Detection of antibodies to Candida albicans germ tubes for diagnosis and therapeutic monitoring of invasive candidiasis in patients with hematologic malignancies

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 3284-3287

  García Ruiz, Juan Carlos ^a,b   Arilla, Maria Del Carmen ^a   Regúlez, Pilar ^a   Quindos, Guillermo ^a   Álvarez, Alfonso ^b   Pontón, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DE CRUCES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FUNGUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONITORING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI;

EID: 1842416055     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.12.3284-3287.1997     Document Type: Article

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