Diagnostic approaches for immunocompromised paediatric patients with pulmonary infiltrates

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 199-201

  Bochennek, K ^a   Abolmaali, N ^a   Wittekindt, B ^a   Schwabe, D ^a   Klingebiel, T ^a   Lehrnbecher, Thomas ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aspergillosis; Biopsy; Bronchoalveolar lavage; Children; Diagnosis; Immunosuppression; Pulmonary infiltrate

Indexed keywords

GALACTOMANNAN;

BLEEDING; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EDITORIAL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG LAVAGE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PNEUMOTHORAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

EID: 33644894507     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2005.01316.x     Document Type: Editorial

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