Utility of Routine Testing of Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid for Cryptococcal Antigen

All cryptococcal antigen (CrAg) testing performed at our institution between 1989 and 1994 was reviewed for utility of routinely testing of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BAL) for this antigen. Forty-two of 1,506 BAL specimens were positive. Seventeen of these were felt to represent false positives (...

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Veröffentlicht in:	J Clin Microbiol
Hauptverfasser:	Kralovic, Stephen M., Rhodes, Judith C.
Format:	Artigo
Sprache:	Inglês
Veröffentlicht:	American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 1998
Schlagworte:	Mycology
Online-Zugang:	https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC105122/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9738078/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.36.10.3088-3089.1998
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