-D-Glucan as a Diagnostic Adjunct for Invasive Fungal Infections: Validation, Cutoff Development, and Performance in Patients with Acute Myelogenous Leukemia and Myelodysplastic Syndrome

Odabaşı, Zekaver; Mattiuzzi, Gloria; Estey, E; M. Kantarjian, Hagop; Saeki, F.; J. Ridge, Richard; A. Ketchum, Paul; Finkelman, Malcolm; Rex, John; Ostrosky‐Zeichner, Luis

doi:10.1086/421944

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-D-Glucan as a Diagnostic Adjunct for Invasive Fungal Infections: Validation, Cutoff Development, and Performance in Patients with Acute Myelogenous Leukemia and Myelodysplastic Syndrome

Published in Clinical Infectious Diseases • Jul 9, 2004

Authors:

Zekaver Odabaşı

Gloria Mattiuzzi

E Estey

Abstract

The Glucatell (1-->3)- beta-D-glucan (BG) detection assay (Associates of Cape Cod) was studied as a diagnostic adjunct for invasive fungal infections (IFIs). On the basis of findings from a preliminary study of 30 candidemic subjects and 30 healthy adults, a serum BG level of >or=60 pg/mL was chosen...

Subject

Medicine

Aspergillosis

Gold standard (test)

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