Utility of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid galactomannan alone or in combination with PCR for the diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis in adult hematology patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis

QUADAS-2: A Revised Tool for the Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies

(2013) Penny F. Whiting   ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Diagnosing pulmonary aspergillosis in patients with hematological malignancies: a multicenter prospective evaluation of an Aspergillus PCR assay and a galactomannan ELISA in bronchoalveolar lavage samples

(2012) Mark Reinwald et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HAEMATOLOGY

Piperacillin/tazobactam (TazocinTM) seems to be no longer responsible for false-positive results of the galactomannan assay

(2012) M. Mikulska et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Detection of Galactomannan in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid Samples of Patients at Risk for Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis: Analytical and Clinical Validity

(2012) J. D'Haese et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Detecting Galactomannan in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid for Diagnosing Invasive Aspergillosis

(2012) Mingxiang Zou et al.   PLoS One

Galactomannan detection in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid for the diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis in patients with hematological diseases—the role of factors affecting assay performance

(2011) Zdenek Racil et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Prospective Evaluation of Clinical and Biological Markers To Predict the Outcome of Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis in Hematological Patients

(2011) A. Bergeron et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Cross-Reactivity of Fusarium spp. in the Aspergillus Galactomannan Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay

(2011) A. M. Tortorano et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Diagnosis of Invasive Aspergillosis by a Commercial Real-Time PCR Assay for Aspergillus DNA in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid Samples from High-Risk Patients Compared to a Galactomannan Enzyme Immunoassay

(2011) R. Torelli et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

False positive galactomannan Platelia due to piperacillin-tazobactam

(2011) M.P. Gerlinger et al.   MEDECINE ET MALADIES INFECTIEUSES

Clinical utility and prognostic value of galactomannan in neutropenic patients with invasive aspergillosis

(2011) I. Hadrich et al.   PATHOLOGIE BIOLOGIE

Evaluation of PCR on Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid for Diagnosis of Invasive Aspergillosis: A Bivariate Metaanalysis and Systematic Review

(2011) Wenkui Sun et al.   PLoS One

Diagnosis and Antimicrobial Therapy of Lung Infiltrates in Febrile Neutropenic Cancer Patients

(2011) Georg Maschmeyer   Current Infectious Disease Reports

Galactomannan Testing in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid Facilitates the Diagnosis of Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis in Patients with Hematologic Malignancies and Stem Cell Transplant Recipients

(2010) M. Hong Nguyen et al.   BIOLOGY OF BLOOD AND MARROW TRANSPLANTATION

Galactomannan testing of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid is useful for diagnosis of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in hematology patients

(2010) Li-Yang Hsu et al.   BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Accuracy of BAL Galactomannan in Diagnosing Invasive Aspergillosis

(2010) Ya-Ling Guo et al.   CHEST

Prospective Surveillance for Invasive Fungal Infections in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients, 2001–2006: Overview of the Transplant‐Associated Infection Surveillance Network (TRANSNET) Database

(2010) Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Clinical utility and prognostic value of bronchoalveolar lavage galactomannan in patients with hematologic malignancies

(2010) Me-Linh Luong et al.   DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Aspergillus galactomannan antigen assay in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid for diagnosis of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis

(2010) Seong Yeon Park et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTION

False-positive serum and bronchoalveolar lavage Aspergillus galactomannan assays caused by different antibiotics

(2010) Viboon Boonsarngsuk et al.   SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Contribution of Galactomannan Antigen Detection in BAL to the Diagnosis of Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis in Patients With Hematologic Malignancies

(2009) Anne Bergeron et al.   CHEST

Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid Galactomannan for the Diagnosis of Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis in Patients with Hematologic Diseases

(2009) Johan Maertens et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Invasive aspergillosis in patients with acute myeloid leukemia: a SEIFEM-2008 registry study

(2009) L. Pagano et al.   HAEMATOLOGICA

Detection of sputum Aspergillus galactomannan for diagnosis of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in haematological patients

(2009) Shun-ichi Kimura et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEMATOLOGY

The Role of Bronchoalveolar Lavage Galactomannan in the Diagnosis of Pediatric Invasive Aspergillosis

(2009) Rishi Desai et al.   PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL

Aspergillus galactomannan testing in patients with long-term neutropenia: implications for clinical management

(2008) O. Penack et al.   ANNALS OF ONCOLOGY

Revised Definitions of Invasive Fungal Disease from the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer/Invasive Fungal Infections Cooperative Group and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Mycoses Study Group (EORTC/MSG) Consensus Group

(2008) Ben De Pauw et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis using bronchoalveolar lavage in haematology patients: influence of bronchoalveolar lavage human DNA content on real-time PCR performance

(2008) E. Fréalle et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Utility of Galactomannan Enzyme Immunoassay and (1,3)  -D-Glucan in Diagnosis of Invasive Fungal Infections: Low Sensitivity for Aspergillus fumigatus Infection in Hematologic Malignancy Patients

(2008) R. Y. Hachem et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

False-positive Aspergillus galactomannan (GM) assay in histoplasmosis

(2007) Suneetha Narreddy et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTION