418. Evaluation of β-d-Glucan (BG) and Galactomannan (GM) Detection Assays in the Diagnosis of Invasive Fungal Infections in High-Risk Pediatric Cancer Patients

BACKGROUND: Diagnosing IFD in pediatric patients is challenging: cultures are often negative and diagnostic efficacy of biomarkers such as β-d-glucan assay (BG) and galactomannan assay (GM) is unclear. The 2017 International Pediatric Fever and Neutropenia Guideline Panel recommended against the use...

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Autores principales: Alali, Muayad, Bhagat, Palak H, Bartlett, Allison
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6255462/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy210.429

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6255462/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy210.429

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