Galactomannan detection and diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1070-1071

  Peter Donnelly, J ^a   Leeflang, Mariske M ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALACTOMANNAN;

FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LETTER; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG LAVAGE; OPTICAL DENSITY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; HUMANS; INVASIVE PULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS; MANNANS; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77749328945     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/651161     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

1. Maertens J, Maertens V, Theunissen K, et al. Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid galactomannan for the diagnosis of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in patients with hematologic diseases. Clin Infect Dis 2009; 49(11):1688-1693.
2. Leeflang MM, Debets-Ossenkopp YJ, Visser CE, et al. Galactomannan detection for invasive aspergillosis in immunocompromized patients. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2008:CD007394.