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934. Diagnostic Utility of Blood (1- >3)-β-D-Glucan Testing in Patients with HIV in Arkansas

BACKGROUND: Blood (1- > 3)-β-D-Glucan (BDG) is a sensitive marker for Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP) in patients with AIDS (PWA). However, other fungal infections, including progressive disseminated histoplasmosis (PDH), cause high levels of BDG. At our hospital, PDH is a common diagnosis...

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Autores principales: Krishnan, Gayathri, Hasan, Lana, Saccente, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7776117/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa439.1120