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Diagnostic performance of the (1–3)-β-D-glucan assay in patients with Pneumocystis jirovecii compared with those with candidiasis, aspergillosis, mucormycosis, and tuberculosis, and healthy volunteers

BACKGROUND: Diagnosis of pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) relies on microscopic visualization of P. jirovecii, or detection of Pneumocystis DNA in respiratory specimens, which involves invasive procedures such as bronchoalveolar lavage. The (1–3)-β-D-glucan (BG) assay has been proposed as a less invasiv...

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Autores principales: Son, Hyo-Ju, Sung, Heungsup, Park, Se Yoon, Kim, Taeeun, Lee, Hyun Jeong, Kim, Sun-Mi, Chong, Yong Pil, Lee, Sang-Oh, Choi, Sang-Ho, Kim, Yang Soo, Woo, Jun Hee, Kim, Sung-Han
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5708637/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29190812
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0188860