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Article: What a Crab to Diagnose and Monitor Invasive Aspergillosis.(Report)
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- Infectious Disease Alert
- Article date:
- March 1, 2005
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What a Crab to Diagnose and Monitor Invasive Aspergillosis
Abstract and Commentary
Synopsis: Invasive aspergillosis among neutropenic patients could be reliably diagnosed using a commercial test Fungitell O to detect the cell wall component (1->3)--D-glucan of certain fungi, including Aspergillus. However, diagnosis was more accurate when both (1->3)--D-glucan and galactomannan were detected.
Source: Pazos C, et al. A Contribution of (1->3)--D-glucan Chromogenic Assay to Diagnosis and Therapeutic Monitoring of Invasive Aspergillosis in Neutropenic Patients: A Comparison With Serial Screening For Circulating Galactomannan. J Clin Microbiol. ...