Clinical performance of aspergillus PCR for testing serum and plasma: A study by the European aspergillus PCR initiative

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 2832-2837

  White, P Lewis ^a   Barnes, Rosemary A ^b   Springer, Jan ^c   Klingspor, Lena ^d   Cuenca Estrella, Manuel ^e   Morton, C Oliver ^f   Lagrou, Katrien ^g   Bretagne, Stéphane ^h   Melchers, Willem J G ⁱ   Mengoli, Carlo ^j   Donnelly, J Peter ⁱ   Heinz, Werner J ^c   Loeffler, Juergen ^c  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^h UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

ⁱ RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^j UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSING POINT VALUE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA EXTRACTION; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FUNGAL LOAD; FUNGAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; HUMAN; INVASIVE ASPERGILLOSIS; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; PLASMA ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION SYSTEM; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDIZATION; TREND STUDY; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PLASMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCEDURES; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TIME FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ASPERGILLUS;

FUNGAL DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA, FUNGAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; PLASMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84940050761     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00905-15     Document Type: Article

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