Advances in the molecular and serological diagnosis of invasive fungal infection in haemato-oncology patients

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 289-297

  McLintock, Lorna A ^a   Jones, Brian L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antigen detection; Galactomannan; Haemato oncology patients; Invasive fungal infection; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE; FUNGUS ANTIGEN; GALACTOMANNAN; GLUCAN; MANNAN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; STEROID;

ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DNA SEQUENCE; EVALUATION; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FUSARIUM; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOME; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; ONCOLOGY; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROLOGY; SPECIES INVASION;

ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; DNA, FUNGAL; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MYCOSES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 3442892763     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2004.05031.x     Document Type: Review

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