| Literature DB >> 16000507 |
Chadi M El Saleeby1, Kim J Allison, Katherine M Knapp, Thomas J Walsh, Randall T Hayden.
Abstract
We describe the case of a patient with improving invasive aspergillosis and paradoxically rising serum galactomannan levels in the presence of chronic renal failure and ongoing hemodialysis. Dialysate tested negative for galactomannan, demonstrating the inability of treatments such as hemodialysis to clear Aspergillus antigen from serum. In patients with renal failure and aspergillosis, rising serum galactomannan levels may not necessarily signify progressive infection.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 16000507 PMCID: PMC1169100 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.7.3560-3563.2005
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948