The performance of bronchoalveolar lavage Aspergillus PCR testing in solid organ transplant recipients with invasive pulmonary aspergillosis.

Sibel Islak MutcaliNadeem HussainSaman NematollahiWilliam LainhartTirdad T ZangenehMohanad M Al-Obaidi

Published in: Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society (2024)

BAL AspPCR had moderate sensitivity and high specificity in identifying IPA in our cohort of SOT recipients. Further studies in populations with a higher prevalence of IPA are needed to evaluate the performance of this test.

Keyphrases

pulmonary hypertension
risk factors
high intensity
case control
kidney transplantation
cell wall
genetic diversity
structural basis
real time pcr