Improving early diagnosis of pulmonary infections in patients with febrile neutropenia using low-dose chest computed tomography

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2017, Pages

  Gerritsen, M G ^a,b   Willemink, M J ^a   Pompe, E ^a   Van Der Bruggen, T ^a   Van Rhenen, A ^a   Lammers, J W J ^a   Wessels, F ^a   Sprengers, R W ^c   De Jong, P A ^a   Minnema, M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c MEANDER MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW DOSE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; LUNG MYCOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMIC MYCOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; IMAGE PROCESSING; LUNG DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSIS; NEUTROPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS INFECTION; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; NEUTROPENIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85014052113     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0172256     Document Type: Article

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