Value of a single galactomannan determination (Platelia) for the diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis in non-hematological patients with clinical isolation of Aspergillus spp

Medical Mycology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 575-579

  Guinea, Jesús ^a,b   Jensen, Julia ^a   Peláez, Teresa ^a,b   Gijón, Paloma ^a   Alonso, Roberto ^a   Rivera, Marisa ^a   Muñoz, Patricia ^a,b   Bouza, Emilio ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; COPD; Cut off; Galactomannan; Invasive aspergillosis; Non hematological patients

Indexed keywords

GALACTOMANNAN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIVER GRAFT; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLID TUMOR;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; HUMANS; MANNANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

ASPERGILLUS;

EID: 51649129815     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780801978968     Document Type: Article

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