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Experience with β-d-Glucan Assay for Diagnosis of Invasive Candidiasis in ICU Patients: Pilot Study from India

BACKGROUND: β-d-Glucan assay (BDG) has been recently introduced in India and is recommended for the early diagnosis of invasive candidiasis (IC), but there are a number of factors (eg β-lactam antibiotics, immunoglobulin and albumin infusions, bacteremia and surgical mesh) which may falsely elevate...

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Autores principales: Bansal, Nitin, Gopalakrishnan, Ram, Sethuraman, Nandini
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5631234/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx163.1607