Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid galactomannan for diagnosis of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1070-

  Rijnders, Bart J A ^a   Slobbe, Lennert ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALACTOMANNAN;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG LAVAGE; MYCOSIS; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; INVASIVE PULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS; MANNANS;

EID: 77749330939     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/651160     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

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2. Snelders E, van der Lee HA, Kuijpers J, et al. Emergence of azole resistance in Aspergillus fumigatus and spread of a single resistance mechanism. PLoS Med 2008; 5(11): e219.