Persistence of a positive (1,3)-β-D-glucan test after clearance of candidemia in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 518-519

  Mikulska, M ^a   Furfaro, E ^a   Del Bono, V ^a   Gualandi, F ^a   Van Lint, M T ^a   Miletich, F ^a   Bacigalupo, A ^a   Viscoli, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; BETA 1,3 GLUCAN; CASPOFUNGIN; FLUCONAZOLE;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDEMIA; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOGEN CLEARANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; BETA-GLUCANS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CANDIDA; CANDIDEMIA; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79952556842     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00513-10     Document Type: Article

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