Utility of (1-3)-β-D-glucan testing for diagnostics and monitoring response to treatment during the multistate outbreak of fungal meningitis and other infections.

P Litvintseva, Anastasia; D Lindsley, Mark; Gade, Lalitha; Smith, Rachel; Chiller, Tom; L Lyons, Jennifer; T Thakur, Kiran; X Zhang, Sean; E Grgurich, Dale; M Kerkering, Thomas; E Brandt, Mary; J Park, Benjamin

doi:10.1093/cid/cit808

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Utility of (1-3)-β-D-glucan testing for diagnostics and monitoring response to treatment during the multistate outbreak of fungal meningitis and other infections.

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Anastasia P Litvintseva

Mark D Lindsley

Lalitha Gade

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The 2012 outbreak of fungal meningitis associated with contaminated methylprednisolone produced by a compounding pharmacy has resulted in >750 infections. An important question facing patients and clinicians is the duration of antifungal therapy. We evaluated (1-3)-β-d-glucan (BDG) as a ...

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(1-3)-β-d-glucan

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Fungitell

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