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93. A Diagnostic Stewardship Intervention to Improve Utilization of 1,3-β-D-glucan Testing

BACKGROUND: 1,3-β-D-glucan (BDG) is a cell wall component of fungi such as Aspergillus spp., Candida spp., and Pneumocystis jirovecii. BDG assay is used as a screening test to aid early diagnosis of invasive fungal infections (IFI) that are associated with significant morbidity and mortality in immu...

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Autores principales: Kendall, Jonathan A, Colson, Jordan, Saeed, Lyla, Mizusawa, Masako, Yamamoto, Takeru
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/PMC7776392/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa439.138