Examination of a Chinese-made cryptococcal glucuronoxylomannan antigen test in serum and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid for diagnosing pulmonary cryptococcosis in HIV-negative patients

• Published in: Journal of microbiology, immunology and infection Vol. 55; no. 2; pp. 307 - 313
• Main Authors: Li, Zhengtu, Wang, Mingdie, Zeng, Peiying, Chen, Zhaoming, Zhan, Yangqing, Li, Shaoqiang, Lin, Ye, Cheng, Jing, Ye, Feng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier B.V 01.04.2022; Elsevier
• Subjects: Chinese-made; Cryptococcal glucuronoxylomannan antigen test; HIV-Negative; Pulmonary cryptococcosis; Chinese-made; Pulmonary cryptococcosis; Cryptococcal glucuronoxylomannan antigen test; HIV-Negative

We presented the performance of a Chinese-made cryptococcal glucuronoxylomannan (GXM) antigen test using serum and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) samples in the HIV-negative Chinese population. Between February 2017 and January 2019, HIV-negative patients with pulmonary cryptococcosis were recr...