Beta-d-Glucan for Diagnosing Pneumocystis Pneumonia: a Direct Comparison between the Wako β-Glucan Assay and the Fungitell Assay

Measuring serum beta-d-glucan (BDG) is a useful tool for supporting a quantitative PCR (qPCR)-based diagnosis of suspected Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) with bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid. Since the 2000s, the Fungitell assay was the only BDG assay which was FDA cleared and Conformité Européenne...

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Veröffentlicht in:J Clin Microbiol
Hauptverfasser: Mercier, Toine, Guldentops, Ellen, Patteet, Sofie, Beuselinck, Kurt, Lagrou, Katrien, Maertens, Johan
Format: Artigo
Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: American Society for Microbiology 2019
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Mycology
Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6535610/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30918045
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00322-19
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