Sensitivity and Specificity of Plasma and Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid PCR for Diagnosing Pulmonary Mucormycosis in Subjects With Diabetes Mellitus - Nawaz, Rana Sadaqat; Agarwal, Ritesh; Rudramurthy, Shivaprakash M.; Choudhary, Hansraj; Harchand, Ritika; Kumar, Karthick; Sehgal, Inderpaul Singh; Kaur, Harsimran; Dhooria, Sahajal; Prasad, Kuruswamy Thurai; Prabhakar, Nidhi; Aggarwal, Ashutosh N.; et al. (Mycoses, 2025)
Keywords: Adult; Aged; Alveoli; Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid - microbiology; Bronchus; Cytology; Diabetes; Diabetes Complications - diagnosis; Diabetes Complications - microbiology; Diabetes mellitus; DNA, Fungal; Female; fungal pneumonia; Humans; Lavage; Lung Diseases, Fungal - diagnosis; Lung Diseases, Fungal - microbiology; Male; Middle Aged; Mucorales; Mucorales - genetics; Mucorales - isolation & purification; Mucormycosis; Mucormycosis - diagnosis; Mucormycosis - microbiology; Neutropenia; NGS; non‐Aspergillus moulds; PCR; Plasma; Plasma - microbiology; Polymerase chain reaction; Predictive Value of Tests; Prospective Studies; Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction - methods; Rhizopus; Risk factors; Sensitivity and Specificity; Mucorales; NGS; non‐Aspergillus moulds; fungal pneumonia; Rhizopus; PCR