The (1,3)β-D-glucan test as an aid to early diagnosis of invasive fungal infections following lung transplantation

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 4083-4088

  Alexander, Barbara D ^a   Smith, P Brian ^a   Davis, R Duane ^a   Perfect, John R ^a   Reller, L Barth ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,3 BETA DEXTRO GLUCAN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; BETA GLUCAN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SULTAMICILLIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; AEROSOL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; BRONCHOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMIC MYCOSIS; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

ADULT; BETA-GLUCANS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOLOGY; MYCOSES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERUM;

NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS;

EID: 78049491081     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01183-10     Document Type: Article

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