Use of PCR for diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis: systematic review and meta-analysis

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 89-96

  Mengoli, Carlo ^a   Cruciani, Mario ^b   Barnes, Rosemary A ^c   Loeffler, Juergen ^d   Donnelly, J Peter ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Center of Preventive Medicine   (Italy)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ITRACONAZOLE;

ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 58549118484     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(09)70019-2     Document Type: Review

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