Cerebrospinal Fluid (1,3)-β-d-Glucan Detection as an Aid for Diagnosis of Iatrogenic Fungal Meningitis

This case series highlights our experience with use of the Fungitell assay for quantifying (1,3)-β-d-glucan in cerebrospinal fluid during the current U.S. outbreak of fungal meningitis related to contaminated methylprednisolone acetate. This test may prove a useful adjunct in diagnosis and managemen...

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Autors principals: Lyons, Jennifer L., Roos, Karen L., Marr, Kieren A., Neumann, Henry, Trivedi, Julie B., Kimbrough, Dorlan J., Steiner, Lisa, Thakur, Kiran T., Harrison, Daniel M., Zhang, Sean X.
Format: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicat: American Society for Microbiology 2013
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Mycology
Accés en línia:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3666821/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23363831
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00061-13
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