Poor performance of galactomannan and mannan sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays in the diagnosis of invasive fungal infection

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 578-579

  Allan, Elaine K ^a   Jordanides, Niove E ^a   McLintock, Lorna A ^a   Copland, Mhairi ^a   Devaney, Maureen ^b   Stewart, Karen ^a   Parker, Anne N ^c   Johnson, Peter R E ^b   Holyoake, Tessa L ^a   Jones, Brian L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS LOTHIAN   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; Candida; Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; Fungal infection; Haematological malignancy

Indexed keywords

GALACTOMANNAN; MANNAN;

ASPERGILLOSIS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANDIDIASIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INVASIVE MYCOSIS; LETTER; MYCOSIS; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASPERGILLOSIS; CANDIDIASIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; MANNANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 20044389850     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2004.05333.x     Document Type: Letter

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