Prognostic Features of Galactomannan Antigenemia in Galactomannan-Positive Invasive Aspergillosis
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Galactomannan antigenemia for the diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis in neutropenic patients with hematological disorders.
OBJECTIVES Invasive aspergillosis (IA) is among the most common invasive fungal infections in neutropenic patients with hematological disorders in the authors' institution, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital (KCMH), Bangkok, Thailand Previous studies have reported the Aspergillus galactomannan enzyme immunosorbent assay (GMEIA) may be a useful diagnostic tool for IA. The authors evaluated the...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Microbiology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0095-1137,1098-660X
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.02281-09