Sensitivity of peripheral blood smear review for the diagnosis of Candida fungemia

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 97-101

  Branda, John A ^a   Ferraro, Mary Jane ^a   Kratz, Alexander ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Department of Pathology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD SMEAR; CANDIDA; CANDIDEMIA; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CYTOPENIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FUNGEMIA; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GIEMSA STAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGIST; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDIASIS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CYTODIAGNOSIS; FUNGEMIA; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 33846563450     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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