The use of galactomannan detection in diagnosing invasive aspergilosis in hemato-oncological patients;Využití detekce galaktomananu pro diagnostiku invazivní aspergilózy u hematoonkologických nemocných

Vnitrni Lekarstvi

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-52

  Ráčil, Zdeněk ^a   Kocmanova I ^a   Wagnerova B ^a   Winterova J ^a   Lengerova M ^a   Moulis, M ^a   Mayer, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRNO   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Aspergillus antigen; Galactomannan; Hematological malignity; Invasive aspergilosis; Serologic methods; Timely diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GALACTOMANNAN; PENICILLIN G; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FUNGUS ANTIGEN; MANNAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; ASPERGILLUS; BLOOD; BLOOD DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MANNANS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 39149145157     PISSN: 0042773X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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