Standardization of Aspergillus PCR is needed

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1018-

  Blennow, O ^a   Mattsson, J ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE; GALACTOMANNAN; ITRACONAZOLE;

ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FUNGAL DETECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INVASIVE ASPERGILLOSIS; LETTER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REDUCED INTENSITY CONDITIONING; STANDARDIZATION;

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

EID: 79960178508     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: 14765365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bmt.2010.220     Document Type: Letter

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