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Aspergillosis
Study findings from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Department of Pathology broaden understanding of aspergillosis in children
September 23rd, 2008
A new study, 'Galactomannan antigenemia in pediatric oncology patients with invasive aspergillosis,' is now available. "Diagnosing invasive aspergillosis is difficult but might be improved by detection of circulating galactomannan. Although galactomannan antigenemia has been well studied in the detection of invasive aspergillosis in adult patients, little is known about the expression of circulating galactomannan in immunocompromised children with invasive aspergillosis," scientists in the United States report. "We studied the expression of galactomannan antigen by enzyme immunoassay (EIA) in 990 serum samples from 56 pediatric oncology patients (ages 3 months to 18...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-09-23)
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