2007•Journal of Clinical MicrobiologyOpen access

Intravenous PLASMA-LYTE as a Major Cause of False-Positive Results of Platelia Aspergillus Test for Galactomannan Detection in Serum

Zdeněk Ráčil, Iva Kocmanová, Martina Lengerová, Jana Winterová, Jiřı́ Mayer

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Galactomannan (GM) detection by the Platelia Aspergillus (PA) enzyme immunoassay (Bio-Rad, France) is a test widely used for the early diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis (IA) in hematooncological patients. False-positive results for this test were reported by several authors, associated mainly with

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Key concepts: Galactomannan, Aspergillosis, Immunoassay, Aspergillus, Medicine, Diagnostic test, Internal medicine, Immunology