Polymerase chain reaction in the diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis

Mycoses

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 338-342

  Hizel, Kenan ^a,b   Kokturk, Nurdan ^a   Kalkanci, Ayse ^a   Ozturk, Can ^a   Kustimur, Semra ^a   Tufan, Muge ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aspergillosis; Aspergillus fumigatus; Lung; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FUNGAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG LAVAGE; LYMPHOMA; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BLOOD; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS;

EID: 4344632812     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2004.00944.x     Document Type: Article

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