Role of galactomannan determinations in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid samples from critically ill patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease for the diagnosis of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis: a prospective study

INTRODUCTION: Critically ill chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients are at particular risk of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA). Our aims were to determine whether bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) galactomannan (GM) has a higher sensitivity and specificity than serum GM or low...

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Autores principales: He, Hangyong, Ding, Lin, Sun, Bing, Li, Fang, Zhan, Qingyuan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3580723/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22835335
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc11443

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3580723/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22835335
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc11443

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