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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