Application of Diagnostic Stewardship to Fungal Polymerase Chain Reaction: Low Yield of Follow-up Testing on Plasma and Bronchoalveolar Lavage After a Negative Result.
Tong WangBosung ParkGavin AndersonBrian ShallerIndre BudvytieneNiaz BanaeiPublished in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2024)
Fungal PCR follow-up testing on plasma and BAL within 4 weeks of a prior negative result was of low yield and rarely generated a positive result considered clinically significant in the first week.