TY - JOUR
T1 - Bloodstream infections are an improbable cause of positive serum (1,3)-β-D-Glucan in hematology patients
AU - Furfaro, E.
AU - Mikulska, M.
AU - Del Bono, V.
AU - Guolo, F.
AU - Minetto, P.
AU - Gobbi, M.
AU - Ghiso, A.
AU - Bacigalupo, A.
AU - Viscoli, C.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Ninety-one serum samples from 51 hematology patients with bacteremia infections were tested for (1,3)-β-D-glucan (BG). Eleven samples (15%) from 7 patients (14%) were positive for BG. Of these 7 patients with positive BG results, 4 (8%) had invasive aspergillosis and 3 (6%) had no invasive fungal disease. Bacteremia was an unlikely cause of the false-positive BG results.
AB - Ninety-one serum samples from 51 hematology patients with bacteremia infections were tested for (1,3)-β-D-glucan (BG). Eleven samples (15%) from 7 patients (14%) were positive for BG. Of these 7 patients with positive BG results, 4 (8%) had invasive aspergillosis and 3 (6%) had no invasive fungal disease. Bacteremia was an unlikely cause of the false-positive BG results.
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U2 - 10.1128/CVI.00214-14
DO - 10.1128/CVI.00214-14
M3 - Article
C2 - 24990906
AN - SCOPUS:84916877187
VL - 21
SP - 1357
EP - 1359
JO - Clinical and Vaccine Immunology
JF - Clinical and Vaccine Immunology
SN - 1556-6811
IS - 9
ER -