Serum (1→3) β-D-glucan as a noninvasive adjunct marker for the diagnosis and follow-up of pneumocystis jiroveci Pneumonia in patients with HIV infection

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 451-452

  Del Palacio, Amalia ^a   Llenas García, Jara ^b   Cuétara, María Soledad ^c   Pulido, Federico ^b   Rubio, Rafael ^b   Pontón, José ^d   Del Palacio Pérez Medel, Ángel ^e  

^a Servicios de Microbiología   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL SEVERO OCHOA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA GLUCAN; BETA 1,3 GLUCAN; BETA-1,3-D-GLUCAN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE MARKER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; NOTE; SERUM;

BETA-GLUCANS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; SERUM;

EID: 75749093966     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/649889     Document Type: Letter

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