Lack of galactomannan reactivity in dematiaceous molds recovered from cancer patients with phaeohyphomycosis

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 200-203

  Ben Ami, Ronen ^a   LaSala, P Rocco ^b   Lewis, Russell E ^a,c   Kontoyiannis, Dimitrios P ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Dematiaceous mold; Galactomannan; Phaeohyphomycosis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; CASPOFUNGIN; GALACTOMANNAN; VORICONAZOLE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNARIA; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; CURVULARIA; DRECHSLERA; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EXSEROHILUM; FEMALE; FUNGUS; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; PHAEOHYPHOMYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; FUNGI; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MANNANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 73749086045     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.09.015     Document Type: Article

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