Evaluation of a clinical scoring system and directed laboratory testing for respiratory virus infection in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 448-455

  Ferguson, P E ^a   Gilroy, N M ^a   Sloots, T P ^b   Nissen, M D ^b   Dwyer, D E ^a   Sorrell, T C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Queensland Children's Medical Research Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bone marrow transplantation; Clinical scoring; Directed testing; HSCT; Polymerase chain reaction; Respiratory tract infection; Respiratory viruses; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOM; THROAT CULTURE; VIRUS INFECTION;

FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; NASAL CAVITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS CULTIVATION;

EID: 80053596609     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: 13993062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2011.00631.x     Document Type: Article

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