## BACKGROUND. Two serologic assays, Aspergillus latex agglutination testing (LA) and plasma (133)-โค-D-glucan (BDG) measurement, are used when invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) is suspected. Despite the high specificity of these assays, false-positive results are frequent for neutropenic patie
False negative latex agglutination test in cryptococcal meningitis
โ Scribed by David J. M. Haldane; David S. Bauman; Anthony W. Chow; Patrick Doyle; Gary Garber; John Ngui-Yen; John A. Smith
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1986
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 247 KB
- Volume
- 19
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-5134
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