Open AccessPlasmalyte: No Longer a Culprit in Causing False-Positive Galactomannan Test Results
Author(s) -
Isabel Spriet,
Katrien Lagrou,
Johan Maertens,
Ludo Willems,
Alexander Wilmer,
Joost Wauters
Publication year - 2015
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.02813-15
Subject(s) - galactomannan , culprit , medicine , immunology , myocardial infarction , aspergillosis
False-positive galactomannan (GM) results have been reported in patients treated with gluconate-containing solutions, such as Plasmalyte. The GM optical density index was tested on 33 distinct batches of Plasmalyte and was found to be negative in all of the batches, confirming that Plasmalyte is no longer a cause of false-positive GM results.
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