Beta- d -Glucan for Diagnosing Pneumocystis Pneumonia: a Direct Comparison between the Wako β-Glucan Assay and the Fungitell Assay | Zendy

Toine Mercier | Zendy; Ellen Guldentops | Zendy; Sofie Patteet | Zendy; Kurt Beuselinck | Zendy; Katrien Lagrou | Zendy; Johan Maertens | Zendy

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Beta- d -Glucan for Diagnosing Pneumocystis Pneumonia: a Direct Comparison between the Wako β-Glucan Assay and the Fungitell Assay

Author(s) -

Toine Mercier,

Ellen Guldentops,

Sofie Patteet,

Kurt Beuselinck,

Katrien Lagrou,

Johan Maertens

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

journal of clinical microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349

H-Index - 255

eISSN - 1070-633X

pISSN - 0095-1137

DOI - 10.1128/jcm.00322-19

Subject(s) - bronchoalveolar lavage , medicine , area under the curve , receiver operating characteristic , immunology , microbiology and biotechnology , lung , biology

Measuring serum beta-d -glucan (BDG) is a useful tool for supporting a quantitative PCR (qPCR)-based diagnosis of suspectedPneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) with bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid. Since the 2000s, the Fungitell assay was the only BDG assay which was FDA cleared and Conformité Européenne (CE) marked.

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