Variable Correlation between Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid Fungal Load and Serum-(1,3)-β-<span style="font-variant: small-caps">d</span>-Glucan in Patients with Pneumocystosis—A Multicenter ECMM Excellence Center Study

Variable Correlation between Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid Fungal Load and Serum-(1,3)-β-<span style="font-variant: small-caps">d</span>-Glucan in Patients with Pneumocystosis—A Multicenter ECMM Excellence Center Study

<i>Pneumocystis jirovecii</i> pneumonia is a difficult invasive infection to diagnose. Apart from microscopy of respiratory specimens, two diagnostic tests are increasingly used including real-time quantitative PCR (qPCR) of respiratory specimens, mainly in bronchoalveolar lavage fluids...

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Main Authors: Toine Mercier, Nesrine Aissaoui, Maud Gits-Muselli, Samia Hamane, Juergen Prattes, Harald H. Kessler, Ivana Mareković, Sanja Pleško, Jörg Steinmann, Ulrike Scharmann, Johan Maertens, Katrien Lagrou, Blandine Denis, Stéphane Bretagne, Alexandre Alanio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-12-01
Series:Journal of Fungi
Subjects:
<i>Pneumocystis jirovecii</i>
qPCR
broncho-alveolar lavage fluid
fungal load
biomarker
(1,3)-β-<span style="font-variant: small-caps">d</span>-glucan
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2309-608X/6/4/327

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