Pathogen-specific DNA enrichment does not increase sensitivity of pcr for diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis in neutropenic patients

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1267-1273

  Springer, Jan ^a   Loeffler, Juergen ^a   Heinz, Werner ^a   Schloßnagel, Hannes ^a   Lehmann, Marc ^b   Morton, Oliver ^c   Rogers, Thomas R ^c   Schmitt, Corinna ^a,e   Frosch, Matthias ^a   Einsele, Hermann ^a   Kurzai, Oliver ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b SIRS Lab GmbH   (Germany)

^c ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^d FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^e HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIDULAFUNGIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; FUNGAL DNA; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; POSACONAZOLE; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA ISOLATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FUNGAL DETECTION; GENE TARGETING; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79953849261     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01679-10     Document Type: Article

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