Comparison of serology, antigenemia assay and the polymerase chain reaction for monitoring active cytomegalovirus infections in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation patients

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 275-278

  Bonon, Sandra Helena Alves ^a   Rossi, Cláudio Lúcio ^a   De Souza, Cármino Antonio ^a   Vigorito, Afonso Celso ^a   Costa, Sandra Cecília Botelho ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antigenemia; Cytomegalovirus; Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; Nested PCR; Serology

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS ANTIBODY; GANCICLOVIR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; METHOTREXATE; VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE MARKER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 33750687250     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0036-46652006000500007     Document Type: Article

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