Serum and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid galactomannan assays in patients with pulmonary aspergilloma

Seong Yeon Park, Sang Oh Lee, Sang Ho Choi, Jin Yong Jeong, Heungsup Sung, Mi Na Kim, Chang Min Choi, Sang Bum Hong, Yeon Mok Oh, Tae Sun Shim, Chae Man Lim, Younsuck Koh, Dong Soon Kim, Yang Soo Kim, Jun Hee Woo, Sung Han Kim

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Abstract

The sensitivities of the serum and bronchoalveolar lavage galactomannan (GM) assays in 48 patients with pulmonary aspergilloma were 38% (13 of 34; 95% confidence interval [CI], 22%-56%) and 92% (33 of 36; 95% CI, 78%-98%), respectively. The positivity of serum GM assays was significantly higher in patients with hemoptysis than in those without hemoptysis (52% vs 9%; P=.02).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)e149-e152
JournalClinical Infectious Diseases
Volume52
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Apr 2011

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