Evaluation of two lateral flow assays in BAL fluids for the detection of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis: A retrospective two-centre study.
Ulrike ScharmannHedda Luise VerhasseltLisa KirchhoffJan BuerPeter-Michael RathJoerg SteinmannKatharina ZieglerPublished in: Mycoses (2020)
The here presented data indicate that a negative LFA result in BAL fluid can reliable rule out an IPA in a heterogeneous group of ICU patients based on the original Blot criteria. LFA seems to be a promising immunochromatographic test exhibiting a good agreement with positive GM values.
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- pulmonary hypertension
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- electronic health record
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- machine learning
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- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
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