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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...
Autores principales: | Kendall, Jonathan A, Colson, Jordan, Saeed, Lyla, Mizusawa, Masako, Yamamoto, Takeru |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |
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