DIAGNOSTIC PERFORMANCE AND SAFETY OF BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE IN THROMBOCYTOPENIC HAEMATOLOGICAL PATIENTS FOR ASPERGILLOSIS DIAGNOSIS: A MONOCENTRIC, RETROSPECTIVE EXPERIENCE.

DIAGNOSTIC PERFORMANCE AND SAFETY OF BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE IN THROMBOCYTOPENIC HAEMATOLOGICAL PATIENTS FOR ASPERGILLOSIS DIAGNOSIS: A MONOCENTRIC, RETROSPECTIVE EXPERIENCE.

Background: although bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) measurements of galactomannan antigen (GM) seems to be more sensitive than serum testing to detect invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA), a consensus on the most appropriate diagnostic threshold of the BAL GM test is still unclear. Moreover, there i...

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Main Authors: Mariagiovanna Cefalo, Ermanno Puxeddu, Loredana Sarmati, giovangiacinto paterno, Carla Fontana, Daniela Nassa, Gloria Pane, Eleonora De Bellis, Raffaele Palmieri, Elisa Buzzatti, Federico Meconi, Roberta Laureana, Paola Casciani, Anna Giulia Zizzari, Paola Rogliani, Paolo de Fabritiis, Luca Maurillo, Francesco Buccisano, Maria Cantonetti, William Arcese, Adriano Venditti, Maria Ilaria Del Principe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2019-10-01
Series:Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
bronchoalveolar lavage, galactomannan antigen, pulmonary aspergillosis, hematologic malignancies, thrombocytopenia
Online Access:http://mjhid.org/index.php/mjhid/article/view/4030
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