Infant formulas thickened with carob bean gum causing false-positive galactomannan test reactivity

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 769-

  Aceti, Arianna ^a   Corvaglia, Luigi ^a   Faldella, Giacomo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAROBA; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; GALACTAN; GALACTOMANNAN; MANNAN; PLANT GUM;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTIFICIAL MILK; ASPERGILLOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FOOD REGURGITATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; INFANT; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BABY FOOD; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; CHEMISTRY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS;

ANTIDIARRHEALS; ASPERGILLOSIS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; GALACTANS; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INFANT FORMULA; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; MANNANS; PLANT GUMS;

EID: 84927175170     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31817c0b6e     Document Type: Letter

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