Comparison of PCR-ELISA and Real-Time PCR for invasive aspergillosis diagnosis in patients with hematological malignancies

Medical Mycology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 489-494

  Hadrich, Inès ^a   Mary, Charles ^b   Makni, Fattouma ^a   Elloumi, Moez ^c   Dumon, Henri ^b   Ayadi, Ali ^a   Ranque, Stéphane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c HEDI CHAKER HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Galactomannan antigen; hematology; Invasive aspergillosis; nested case control study; PCR ELISA; real time PCR; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; GALACTOMANNAN;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BONE MARROW APLASIA; CANCER PATIENT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INVASIVE ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; ASPERGILLUS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INFANT; INVASIVE PULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS; MALE; MANNANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERUM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959188209     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13693786.2010.540724     Document Type: Article

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