Rapid diagnosis of azole-resistant aspergillosis by direct PCR using tissue specimens

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1478-1480

  Van Der Linden, Jan W M ^a   Snelders, Eveline ^a   Arends, Jan P ^b   Daenen, Simon M ^c   Melchers, Willem J G ^a   Verweij, Paul E ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Departments of Medical Microbiology   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; BUDESONIDE; CASPOFUNGIN; ITRACONAZOLE; POSACONAZOLE; PREDNISOLONE; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; VORICONAZOLE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BRAIN BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; MALE; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM ANALYSIS;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; AZOLES; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, FUNGAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 77950483253     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02221-09     Document Type: Article

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