| Literature DB >> 11923380 |
Claudio Viscoli1, Marco Machetti, Paola Gazzola, Andrea De Maria, Dimitri Paola, Maria Teresa Van Lint, Francesca Gualandi, Mauro Truini, Andrea Bacigalupo.
Abstract
The Aspergillus galactomannan test was performed on cerebrospinal fluid and serum samples from 5 patients with probable cerebral aspergillosis and from 16 control patients. Cerebrospinal fluid galactomannan levels were significantly higher in aspergillosis patients, and most galactomannan was produced intrathecally. Comparison of serum galactomannan values in pulmonary and cerebral aspergillosis patients showed significant overlapping. Detection of Aspergillus galactomannan in cerebrospinal fluid may be diagnostic of cerebral aspergillosis.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID: 11923380 PMCID: PMC140329 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.4.1496-1499.2002
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948