Utility of (1–3)-β-d-Glucan Testing for Diagnostics and Monitoring Response to Treatment During the Multistate Outbreak of Fungal Meningitis and Other Infections

Background. The 2012 outbreak of fungal meningitis associated with contaminated methylprednisolone produced by a compounding pharmacy has resulted in >750 infections. An important question facing patients and clinicians is the duration of antifungal therapy. We evaluated (1-3)-β-d-glucan (BDG) as...

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Main Authors: Litvintseva, Anastasia P., Lindsley, Mark D., Gade, Lalitha, Smith, Rachel, Chiller, Tom, Lyons, Jennifer L., Thakur, Kiran T., Zhang, Sean X., Grgurich, Dale E., Kerkering, Thomas M., Brandt, Mary E., Park, Benjamin J.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Oxford University Press 2014
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4047277/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24336827
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/cit808
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