Diagnostic Performance of an Aspergillus-Specific Nested PCR Assay in Cerebrospinal Fluid Samples of Immunocompromised Patients for Detection of Central Nervous System Aspergillosis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Reinwald, Mark ^a   Buchheidt, Dieter ^a   Hummel, Margit ^a   Duerken, Matthias ^a   Bertz, Hartmut ^b   Schwerdtfeger, Rainer ^c   Reuter, Stefan ^d   Kiehl, Michael G ^e   Barreto Miranda, Manuel ^a   Hofmann, Wolf Karsten ^a   Spiess, Birgit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c Bone Marrow Transplantation Center Wiesbaden   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^e Frankfurt/Oder General Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM ASPERGILLOSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INVASIVE ASPERGILLOSIS; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; NEUROASPERGILLOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84874318318     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056706     Document Type: Article

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