Polymerase-chain-reaction-based diagnosis of invasive fungal pulmonary infections in immunocompromised children

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 994-1000

  Kadmon, Gili ^a   Nahum, Elhanan ^a   Sprecher, Hannah ^b   Stein, Jerry ^a   Levy, Itzhak ^c   Schiller, Ofer ^a   Schonfeld, Tommy ^a  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

bronchoalveolar lavage; diagnosis; fungal infection; immunodeficiency; pediatrics; pneumonia; polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG MYCOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SYSTEMIC MYCOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, FUNGAL; FEMALE; FUNGI; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INFANT; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MALE; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866240930     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: 10990496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.22523     Document Type: Article

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