Diagnosis of invasive mold diseases in patients with hematological malignancies using Aspergillus, Mucorales, and panfungal PCR in BAL.
Elisabeth Wehrle-WielandKristina AffolterDaniel GoldenbergerSarah Tschudin SutterJoerg HalterJakob PasswegMichael TammNina KhannaDaiana StolzPublished in: Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society (2018)
This study illustrates that the diagnosis of IMD is still very problematic and lacks objectivity. Together with GM in BAL, the PCRs may prove an addition to the current available diagnostic armamentarium in IMD because of their ability to identify molds on a species level.
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