Measurement of (1-3)-β-D-glucan derived from different gauze types

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 217, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 117-121

  Kanamori, Hajime ^a   Kanemitsu, Keiji ^b   Miyasaka, Tomomitsu ^a   Ameku, Koken ^a   Endo, Shiro ^a   Aoyagi, Tetsuji ^a   Inden, Ken ^a   Hatta, Masumitsu ^a   Yamamoto, Natsuo ^a   Kunishima, Hiroyuki ^a   Yano, Hisakazu ^a   Kaku, Koki ^a   Hirakata, Yoichi ^a   Kaku, Mitsuo ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

(1 3) D glucan; False positive value; Gauze; Surgical operation

Indexed keywords

BETA 1,3 GLUCAN; CELLULOSE; WATER; BETA GLUCAN;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FUNGAL CELL; GAUZE DRESSING; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MYCOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; HUMAN; OCCLUSIVE DRESSING; TIME;

BETA-GLUCANS; HUMANS; OCCLUSIVE DRESSINGS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 66949174518     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.217.117     Document Type: Article

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