False-positive plasma (1→3)-β-D-glucan test following immunoglobulin product replacement in an adult bone marrow recipient

International Journal of Hematology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 97-98

  Ogawa, Masahiro ^a   Hori, Hiroki ^a   Niiguchi, Shigeko ^a   Azuma, Eiichi ^a   Komada, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; BETA 1,3 GLUCAN; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BETA 1,3 GLUCAN TEST; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LETTER; LIMULUS LYSATE TEST; MALE; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; SCREENING TEST; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; BETA-GLUCANS; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; GLUCANS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; MALE; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES;

EID: 3142710858     PISSN: 09255710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1532/IJH97.04030     Document Type: Letter

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