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Aspergillosis
Studies from J. Steinmann and colleagues provide new data on aspergillosis
June 2nd, 2009
According to recent research from Essen, Germany, "J. Steinmann, J. Buer, P.-M. Rath, A. Paul, F. Saner. Invasive aspergillosis in two liver transplant recipients: diagnosis by SeptiFastTranspl Infect Dis 2009: 11: 175-178." "All rights reserved We report the clinical features, diagnosis, and monitoring findings of invasive aspergillosis (IA) in 2 liver transplant recipients. Blood/serum samples and bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluids were analyzed by a novel commercial polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay (SeptiFast) and an Aspergillus galactomannan (GM) enzyme-linked immunoassay (EIA). The diagnosis of IA could be performed in < 6 h with the detection of...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-06-02)
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