Serum (1-3)-β-D-glucan as a tool for diagnosis of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection or hematological malignancy

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3871-3874

  Desmet, Stefanie ^a   Van Wijngaerden, Eric ^a   Maertens, Johan ^a   Verhaegen, Jan ^a   Verbeken, Eric ^a   De Munter, Paul ^a   Meersseman, Wouter ^a   Van Meensel, Britt ^a   Van Eldere, Johan ^a   Lagrou, Katrien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 1,3 GLUCAN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; CANDIDIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BETA-GLUCANS; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII;

EID: 71549133371     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01756-09     Document Type: Article

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