Utility of Routine Testing of Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid for Cryptococcal Antigen
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Utility of routine testing of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid for cryptococcal antigen.
All cryptococcal antigen (CrAg) testing performed at our institution between 1989 and 1994 was reviewed for utility of routinely testing of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BAL) for this antigen. Forty-two of 1,506 BAL specimens were positive. Seventeen of these were felt to represent false positives (sensitivity, 71%; positive predictive value, 0.59). The data on CrAg in cerebrospinal fluid and s...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Microbiology
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0095-1137,1098-660X
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.10.3088-3089.1998