The potential value of a quantitative PCR assay for assessing respiratory samples in approaching a laboratory diagnosis of pulmonary mucormycosis

Affiliations

• ¹ Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
• ² Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
• ³ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
• ⁴ National Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Tainan, Taiwan.
• ⁵ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan; National Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Tainan, Taiwan. Electronic address: wucj@nhri.edu.tw.