Detection of urinary excreted fungal galactomannan-like antigens for diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis.

Detection of urinary excreted fungal galactomannan-like antigens for diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis.

Mortality associated with invasive aspergillosis (IA) remains high, partly because of delayed diagnosis. Detection of microbial exoantigens, released in serum and other body fluids during infection, may help timely diagnosis. In course of IA, Aspergillus galactomannan (GM), a well established polysa...

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Main Authors: Simon F Dufresne, Kausik Datta, Xinming Li, Ekaterina Dadachova, Janet F Staab, Thomas F Patterson, Marta Feldmesser, Kieren A Marr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3416763?pdf=render

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