Aspergillus-PCR in bronchoalveolar lavage for detection of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in immunocompromised patients

BACKGROUND: Invasive fungal disease (IFD) is a frequent and serious infectious complication in immunocompromised patients. Culture and cytology in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) have a high specificity but low sensitivity for the diagnosis of IFD as assessed by histology. Molecular methods are expecte...

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Autori principali: Buess, Michael, Cathomas, Gieri, Halter, Jörg, Junker, Lilian, Grendelmeier, Peter, Tamm, Michael, Stolz, Daiana
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: BioMed Central 2012
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3524028/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23031334
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-12-237
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