Abstract
At the bone marrow transplantation center of the San Martino Hospital (Genoa), we observed an increase in the rate of patients with positive Platelia Aspergillus (PA; Bio-Rad) test results, from 10% (38 of 386 patients) in the period from January 1999 through January 2003 to 36% (21 of 59 patients) in the period from February 2003 through May 2003. Positivity was significantly (P <.001) associated with the administration of piperacillin-tazobactam (PT) (17 [74%] of 23 patients who received PT had positive results vs. 4 [11%] of 36 who did not receive PT). Multivariate analysis found administration of PT (χ2 = 34.7; P<.001) and underlying disease (χ2 = 21.14; P <.001) to be associated with PA positivity. Of 15 PT batches tested, 12 had positive PA test results.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 913-916 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Clinical Infectious Diseases |
Volume | 38 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Mar 15 2004 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Immunology