Prevalence and Clinical Characteristics of False-Positive Aspergillus Galactomannan Test in Healthy Subjects and Patients with Hematologic Malignancies

• Published in: Blood Vol. 132; no. Supplement 1; p. 2408
• Main Authors: Abe, Yoshiaki, Narita, Kentaro, Kobayashi, Hiroki, Kitadate, Akihiro, Takeuchi, Masami, Matsue, Kosei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Inc 29.11.2018

▪ Background: Monitoring of the Aspergillus galactomannan (GM) antigen is an useful tool for early diagnosis of aspergillosis, especially in patients with hematologic malignancies. However, one of the major limitations of this assay is false-positivity, which has been described in pediatric patients...