Frequent false-positive results of Asper
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Masahiro Kami; Yoshinobu Kanda; Seishi Ogawa; Shin-ichiro Mori; Yuji Tanaka; Hir
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Article
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1999
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## 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