Determination of urinary D-/L-arabinitol ratios as a biomarker for invasive candidiasis in children with cardiac diseases

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1490-1496

  Stradomska, Teresa J ^a   Sobielarska, Dorota ^a   Mielniczuk, Zbigniew ^a   Jagiełłowicz, Dorota ^a   Syczewska, Małgorzata ^a   Dzierzanowska, Danuta ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ARABINITOL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CANDIDA ANTIGEN; FLUCONAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INVASIVE CANDIDIASIS; ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; URINALYSIS; URINARY DEXTRO LEVO ARABINITOL RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CANDIDIASIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUGAR ALCOHOLS;

EID: 78649437143     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.018135-0     Document Type: Article

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