Detection of Aspergillus DNA by a nested PCR assay is able to improve the diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis in paediatric patients

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1291-1297

  Hummel, Margit ^a   Spiess, Birgit ^a   Roder, Julia ^a   Von Komorowski, Gregor ^b   Dürken, Matthias ^b   Kentouche, Karim ^c   Laws, Hans J ^d   Mörz, Handan ^a   Hehlmann, Ruediger ^a   Buchheidt, Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^d Klinik für Kinderonkologie Hämatologie und Klinische Immunologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FUNGAL DETECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INVASIVE ASPERGILLOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NESTED POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DNA, FUNGAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349336831     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.007393-0     Document Type: Article

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