A prospective study of diagnosis of Toxoplasma gondii infection after bone marrow transplantation

APMIS

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 345-351

  Edvinsson, Benjamin ^a   Lundquist, Jessica ^b   Ljungman, Per ^b   Ringdén, Olle ^b   Evengård, Birgitta ^b  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Immunocompromised; PCR; Stem cell transplantation; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

BUSULFAN; CARBOPLATIN; CARMUSTINE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; CYTARABINE; ETOPOSIDE; FLUDARABINE; MELPHALAN; METHOTREXATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PROTOZOAL DNA; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EYE INFECTION; FEMALE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWEDEN; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 43049119627     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: 16000463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2008.00871.x     Document Type: Article

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