Open AccessGalactomannan detection in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid corrected by urea dilution for the diagnosis of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis among nonneutropenic patients
Author(s) -
Yuetian Yu,
Cheng Zhu,
Hui Shen,
Chunyan Liu,
Ruru Guo,
Yuan Gao,
Wenjuan Wu,
Liangjing Lu
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of thoracic disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.682
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 2077-6624
pISSN - 2072-1439
DOI - 10.21037/jtd.2019.01.07
Subject(s) - bronchoalveolar lavage , medicine , galactomannan , receiver operating characteristic , aspergillosis , gastroenterology , lung , nuclear medicine , immunology
To investigate the diagnostic performance of galactomannan (GM) detection in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) corrected by urea dilution and modification of the AspICU clinical algorithm.