The usefulness of a diagnostic method combining high-resolution CT findings and serum markers for cytomegalovirus pneumonia and pneumocystis pneumonia in non-AIDS patients

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 806-813

  Kunihiro, Yoshie ^a   Tanaka, Nobuyuki ^a   Matsumoto, Tsuneo ^b   Yamamoto, Norihide ^c   Matsunaga, Naofumi ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL SANYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antigenemia; Cytomegalovirus; HRCT; Pneumocystis pneumonia; D glucan

Indexed keywords

ANTIGENS; BODY FLUIDS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FORESTRY; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING;

ANTIGENEMIA; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; D-GLUCAN; HRCT; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIAS;

DIAGNOSIS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD; CHILD; COMPLICATION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939435105     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0284185114539320     Document Type: Article

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