Galactomannan detection from piperacillin-tazobactam brands available in the Brazilian market

Piperacillin-tazobactam is a broad spectrum antimicrobial agent that can cause false-positive results in the commercial Platelia Aspergillus EIA test. So far, no study has been performed in Latin America to evaluate the clinical implication of this finding. Here we studied the potential for galactom...

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Main Authors: Melissa Orzechowski Xavier, Alessandro Comarú Pasqualotto, Valério Rodrigues Aquino, Teresa Cristina Teixeira Sukiennik, Luiz Carlos Severo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702009000500007&lng=en&tlng=en