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Diagnosis of invasive fungal infections by a real-time panfungal PCR assay in immunocompromised pediatric patients
Invasive fungal disease (IFD) is a life-threatening event in immunocompromised patients, and there is an urgent need for reliable screening methods facilitating rapid and broad detection of pathogenic fungi. W...
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Monitoring of adenovirus load in stool by real-time PCR permits early detection of impending invasive infection in patients after allogeneic stem cell transplantation
Invasive adenovirus (AdV) infections are associated with high morbidity and mortality in allogeneic stem cell transplant recipients. We observed that molecular detection of the virus in stool specimens commonl...
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Identification of fungal species by fragment length analysis of the internally transcribed spacer 2 region
The rapid identification of fungal pathogens in clinical specimens is a prerequisite for timely onset of the most appropriate treatment. The aim of the present study was to develop a sensitive and rapid method...