Assessment of the clinical utility of serial β-d-glucan concentrations in patients with persistent neutropenic fever

Ellis, Michael; K. al-Ramadi, Basel; Finkelman, Malcolm; Hedström, Ulla; Kristensen, Jörgen; Alizadeh, Hussain; Klingspor, Lena

doi:10.1099/jmm.0.47479-0

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Assessment of the clinical utility of serial β-d-glucan concentrations in patients with persistent neutropenic fever

Published in Journal of Medical Microbiology • Feb 20, 2008

Authors:

Michael Ellis

Basel K. al-Ramadi

Malcolm Finkelman

Abstract

The performance of the Fungitell assay was investigated in 100 patients with haematological malignancy undergoing chemotherapy who developed antibiotic-unresponsive neutropenic fever (AUNF). Serum beta-D-glucan (BG) concentrations were significantly elevated on the first day of AUNF and all subseque...

Subject

Neutropenia

Internal medicine

Gastroenterology

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