Stability of serum precipitins to Aspergillus fumigatus for the diagnosis of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis.
Kevin S K LauChantane YeungChristopher CarlstenPublished in: Allergy, asthma, and clinical immunology : official journal of the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (2020)
The stability of serum precipitins to Aspergillus fumigatus was found to be dependent on time, but not temperature and freeze-thaw cycles. Specimens for Aspergillus fumigatus precipitins testing should be shipped at ambient temperature and tested within 2 weeks from collection.