Frequent False-positive Bronchoalveolar Lavage Galactomannan Values in a Real-world Setting

BACKGROUND: Invasive aspergillosis (IA) is the most common invasive mold infection (IMI) and early diagnosis is critical to improving clinical outcomes. Galactomannan (GM) is a major component of the Aspergillus cell wall. BAL GM is one of the mycologic criteria for diagnosis of probable IA, but it...

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Autores principales: Le, Audrey, Ismail, Nour, Kubiak, David, Farmakiotis, Dimitrios, Koo, Sophia
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/PMC5631275/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx163.1604

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