T2 Magnetic Resonance Assay for the Rapid Diagnosis of Candidemia in Whole Blood: A Clinical Trial

Mylonakis, Eleftherios; J. Clancy, Cornelius; Ostrosky‐Zeichner, Luis; W. Garey, Kevin; Alangaden, George; A. Vázquez, José; S. Groeger, Jeffrey; A. Judson, Marc; Vinagre, Yuka-Marie; O. Heard, Stephen; N. Zervou, Fainareti; M. Zacharioudakis, Ioannis; P. Kontoyiannis, Dimitrios; G. Pappas, Peter

doi:10.1093/cid/ciu959

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T2 Magnetic Resonance Assay for the Rapid Diagnosis of Candidemia in Whole Blood: A Clinical Trial

Published in Clinical Infectious Diseases • Jan 12, 2015

Authors:

Eleftherios Mylonakis

Cornelius J. Clancy

Luis Ostrosky‐Zeichner

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Microbiologic cultures, the current gold standard diagnostic method for invasive Candida infections, have low specificity and take up to 2-5 days to grow. We present the results of the first extensive multicenter clinical trial of a new nanodiagnostic approach, T2 magnetic resonance (T2M...

Subject

Candida tropicalis

Candida krusei

Candida parapsilosis

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