A prospective study of real-time panfungal PCR for the early diagnosis of invasive fungal infection in haemato-oncology patients

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 389-395

  Jordanides, N E ^a   Allan, E K ^a   McLintock, L A ^a   Copland, M ^a   Devaney, M ^b   Stewart, K ^a   Parker, A N ^a   Johnson, P R E ^b   Holyoake, T L ^a   Jones, B L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS LOTHIAN   (United Kingdom)

^c GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Haematological malignancy; Invasive fungal infection; Polymerase chain reaction; Stem cell transplant

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DNA, FUNGAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; NEOPLASMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 20044369529     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1704768     Document Type: Article

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