Earlier Response Assessment in Invasive Aspergillosis Based on the Kinetics of Serum Aspergillus Galactomannan: Proposal for a New Definition | Zendy

S. A. Nouer | Zendy; Márcio Nucci | Zendy; Navin Kumar | Zendy; Monica Grazziutti | Zendy; Bart Barlogie | Zendy; E. Anaissie | Zendy

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Earlier Response Assessment in Invasive Aspergillosis Based on the Kinetics of Serum Aspergillus Galactomannan: Proposal for a New Definition

Author(s) -

S. A. Nouer,

Márcio Nucci,

Navin Kumar,

Monica Grazziutti,

Bart Barlogie,

E. Anaissie

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/cir441

Subject(s) - galactomannan , aspergillosis , medicine , aspergillus , microbiology and biotechnology , immunology , biology

Current criteria for assessing treatment response of invasive aspergillosis (IA) rely on nonspecific subjective parameters. We hypothesized that an Aspergillus-specific response definition based on the kinetics of serum Aspergillus galactomannan index (GMI) would provide earlier and more objective response assessment.

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