Bloodstream Infections Are an Improbable Cause of Positive Serum (1,3)-β-d-Glucan in Hematology Patients | Zendy

Elisa Furfaro | Zendy; Małgorzata Mikulska | Zendy; Valerio Del Bono | Zendy; Fabio Guolo | Zendy; Paola Minetto | Zendy; Marco Gobbi | Zendy; Anna Ghiso | Zendy; Andrea Bacigalupo | Zendy; Claudio Viscoli | Zendy

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Bloodstream Infections Are an Improbable Cause of Positive Serum (1,3)-β-d-Glucan in Hematology Patients

Author(s) -

Elisa Furfaro,

Małgorzata Mikulska,

Valerio Del Bono,

Fabio Guolo,

Paola Minetto,

Marco Gobbi,

Anna Ghiso,

Andrea Bacigalupo,

Claudio Viscoli

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

clinical and vaccine immunology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.649

H-Index - 77

eISSN - 1556-6811

pISSN - 1556-679X

DOI - 10.1128/cvi.00214-14

Subject(s) - bacteremia , hematology , medicine , aspergillosis , gastroenterology , galactomannan , immunology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , antibiotics

Ninety-one serum samples from 51 hematology patients with bacteremia infections were tested for (1,3)-β- d -glucan (BG). Eleven samples (15%) from 7 patients (14%) were positive for BG. Of these 7 patients with positive BG results, 4 (8%) had invasive aspergillosis and 3 (6%) had no invasive fungal disease. Bacteremia was an unlikely cause of the false-positive BG results.

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