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SUBMITTER: Lamoth F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10405209 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lamoth Frederic F Nucci Marcio M Fernandez-Cruz Ana A Azoulay Elie E Lanternier Fanny F Bremerich Jens J Einsele Hermann H Johnson Elizabeth E Lehrnbecher Thomas T Mercier Toine T Porto Luciana L Verweij Paul E PE White Lewis L Maertens Johan J Alanio Alexandre A
Medical mycology 20230701 7
The (1→3)-β-D-glucan (BDG) is a component of the fungal cell wall that can be detected in serum and used as an adjunctive tool for the diagnosis of invasive mold infections (IMI) in patients with hematologic cancer or other immunosuppressive conditions. However, its use is limited by modest sensitivity/specificity, inability to differentiate between fungal pathogens, and lack of detection of mucormycosis. Data about BDG performance for other relevant IMI, such as invasive fusariosis (IF) and inv ...[more]