Galactomannan in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid for Diagnosis of Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis with Nonneutropenic Patients.

Qidong ZhuangHongying MaYun ZhangLei ChenLi WangLin ZhengZaichun Deng Zhongbo Chen

Published in: Canadian respiratory journal (2017)

BALF GM detection is a valuable adjunctive diagnostic tool. Our retrospective study suggests that the optimal value of GM detection in BALF is 0.76 in nonneutropenic patients.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
loop mediated isothermal amplification
patient reported outcomes