Efficacy of Galactomannan Antigen in the Platelia Aspergillus Enzyme Immunoassay for Diagnosis of Invasive Aspergillosis in Liver Transplant Recipients

The utility of galactomannan antigen for diagnosing invasive aspergillosis was evaluated in 154 liver transplant recipients. Sample agreement was 98.5%, and patient specificity was 87%. Galactomannan positivity correlated with mortality, even when controlled for the number of tests performed. Whethe...

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I publikationen:J Clin Microbiol
Huvudupphovsmän: Kwak, Eun Jeong, Husain, Shahid, Obman, Asia, Meinke, Lisa, Stout, Janet, Kusne, Shimon, Wagener, Marilyn M., Singh, Nina
Materialtyp: Artigo
Språk:Inglês
Publicerad: American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 2004
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Mycology
Länkar:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC321718/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14715799/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.42.1.435-438.2004
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