Circulating Candida-specific anti-mannan antibodies precede invasive candidiasis in patients undergoing myelo-ablative chemotherapy

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 380-386

  Verduyn Lunel, F M ^a   Donnelly, J P ^a   van der Lee, H A L ^a   Blijlevens, N M A ^a   Verweij, P E ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antibody; Antigen; Candida; Haematology; Kinetics; Neutropenia

Indexed keywords

MANNAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INVASIVE CANDIDIASIS; MALE; MICROBIAL KINETICS; MYELOABLATIVE CONDITIONING; NEUTROPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE GENE THERAPY;

CANDIDA;

EID: 65449117632     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2008.02654.x     Document Type: Article

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