Prospective evaluation of a polymerase chain reaction-ELISA targeted to Aspergillus fumigatus and Aspergillus flavus for the early diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis in patients with hematological malignancies

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 193, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 741-747

  Florent, Martine ^a   Katsahian, Sandrine ^b   Vekhoff, Anne ^a   Levy, Vincent ^b   Rio, Bernard ^a   Marie, Jean Pierre ^a   Bouvet, Anne ^a   Cornet, Muriel ^a,c  

^a ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^b SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^c HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE; FUNGAL DNA; GALACTOMANNAN; ITRACONAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA SCREENING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVALUATION; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; DNA, FUNGAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MANNANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33144469487     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/500466     Document Type: Article

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