β-d-Glucan and S-adenosylmethionine serum levels for the diagnosis of Pneumocystis pneumonia in HIV-negative Patients: A prospective study

Journal of Infection

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 93-100

  de Boer, Mark G J ^a   Gelinck, Luc B S ^b   van Zelst, Bertrand D ^b   van de Sande, Wendy W J ^b   Willems, Luuk N A ^a   van Dissel, Jaap T ^a   De Jonge, Robert ^b   Kroon, Frank P ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Beta d glucan; Diagnosis; HIV negative; Pneumocystis jirovecii; Pneumonia; S Adenosylmethionine; Serum marker; Solid organ transplantation

Indexed keywords

BETA DEXTRO GLUCAN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GLUCAN; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; STEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFERENCE VALUE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; BETA-GLUCANS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 78751629249     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2010.10.007     Document Type: Article

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