Use of a serum (1→;3)-β-D-glucan assay for diagnosis and follow-up of Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1364-1366

  Cuétara, María Soledad ^a   Alhambra, Almudena ^b   Chaves, Fernando ^b   Moragues, María Dolores ^c   Pontón, José ^c   Del Palacio, Amalia ^b  

^a HOSPITAL SEVERO OCHOA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

(1-3)BETA DEXTRO GLUCAN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GLUCAN; PENTAMIDINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BETA 1,3 GLUCAN; BETA GLUCAN; BETA-1,3-D-GLUCAN;

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LETTER; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; AGED; CHEMISTRY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; NOTE; PNEUMOCYSTOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SERUM;

ADULT; AGED; BETA-GLUCANS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOCYSTIS INFECTIONS; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SERUM;

EID: 54249139097     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/592753     Document Type: Letter

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