High incidence of false-positive aspergillus galactomannan test results in patients with aspiration pneumonia: Letters to the editor

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 935-936

  Tomita, Yusuke ^a   Sugimoto, Mineharu ^a   Kawano, Osamu ^a   Kohrogi, Hirotugu ^b  

^a Kumamoto Saishunsou National Hospital   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALACTOMANNAN;

AGED; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LETTER; MALE;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; MANNANS; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 65449169182     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02238.x     Document Type: Letter

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