Aspergillus galactomannan antigenemia in penicilliosis marneffei [6]

AIDS

Volumn 21, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 1990-1991

  Huang, Yu Tsung ^a,b   Hung, Chien Ching ^b   Hsueh, Po Ren ^b  

^a FAR EASTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIGEN; GALACTOMANNAN; PIPERACILLIN; TAZOBACTAM;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; BLOOD CULTURE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG ABUSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; LETTER; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; PENICILLIUM MARNEFFEI; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIWAN;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; ASPERGILLOSIS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MANNANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; PENICILLIUM;

EID: 34548238855     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e3282eeb413     Document Type: Letter

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