Silent and prolonged Aspergillus DNAemia in oncohematological patients receiving antifungal prophylaxis: A new phenomenon with clinical implications

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1016-1017

  Meije, Y ^a   Aguado, J M ^a   Cuenca Estrella, M ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FUNGAL DNA; GALACTOMANNAN; ITRACONAZOLE;

CANCER PATIENT; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE MARKER; DNA DETERMINATION; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INVASIVE ASPERGILLOSIS; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOSES;

EID: 79960170592     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: 14765365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bmt.2010.219     Document Type: Letter

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