Cart before the horse: use of Aspergillus PCR to increase the diagnostic yield from BAL in hematological patients at risk of invasive aspergillosis

Leuk Lymphoma. 2017 Dec;58(12):2773-2776. doi: 10.1080/10428194.2017.1330479. Epub 2017 Jun 2.

Authors

Olivia Catherine Smibert¹, Monica A Slavin^{1

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3}

Affiliations

¹ a Department of Infectious Diseases , Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre , East Melbourne , Victoria , Australia.
² b Victorian Infectious Diseases Service at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity , Melbourne , Victoria , Australia.
³ c University of Melbourne , Melbourne , Australia.

PMID: 28573907
DOI: 10.1080/10428194.2017.1330479

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MeSH terms

Aspergillosis*
Aspergillus / genetics*
Humans
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Sensitivity and Specificity