Performance of Galactomannan, Beta-D-Glucan, Aspergillus Lateral-Flow Device, Conventional Culture, and PCR Tests with Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid for Diagnosis of Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis

Automation of serum (1->3)-beta-D-glucan testing allows reliable and rapid discrimination of patients with and without candidemia

(2014) F. Pruller et al.   MEDICAL MYCOLOGY

Potential Factors for Inadequate Voriconazole Plasma Concentrations in Intensive Care Unit Patients and Patients with Hematological Malignancies

(2013) Martin Hoenigl et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Comparison of a novel Aspergillus lateral-flow device and the Platelia® galactomannan assay for the diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis following haematopoietic stem cell transplantation

(2013) J. Held et al.   INFECTION

Evaluation of Real-Time PCR, Galactomannan Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA), and a Novel Lateral-Flow Device for Diagnosis of Invasive Aspergillosis

(2013) P. L. White et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Aspergillus PCR-Based Investigation of Fresh Tissue and Effusion Samples in Patients with Suspected Invasive Aspergillosis Enhances Diagnostic Capabilities

(2013) M. Reinwald et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Galactomannan and PCR versus culture and histology for directing use of antifungal treatment for invasive aspergillosis in high-risk haematology patients: a randomised controlled trial

(2013) C Orla Morrissey et al.   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Sensitivity of galactomannan enzyme immunoassay for diagnosing breakthrough invasive aspergillosis under antifungal prophylaxis and empirical therapy

(2013) Martin Hoenigl et al.   MYCOSES

Systemic antifungal therapy in critically ill patients without invasive fungal infection*

(2012) Elie Azoulay et al.   CRITICAL CARE 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

Posaconazole plasma concentrations and invasive mould infections in patients with haematological malignancies

(2012) Martin Hoenigl et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS

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

Therapy with antifungals decreases the diagnostic performance of PCR for diagnosing invasive aspergillosis in bronchoalveolar lavage samples of patients with haematological malignancies

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

European Organization for the Research and Treatment of Cancer/Mycoses Study Group (EORTC/MSG) host factors and invasive fungal infections in patients with haematological malignancies

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

Interlaboratory and Interstudy Reproducibility of a Novel Lateral-Flow Device and Influence of Antifungal Therapy on Detection of Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis

(2012) N. P. Wiederhold et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

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

Bronchoalveolar lavage lateral-flow device test for invasive pulmonary aspergillosis diagnosis in haematological malignancy and solid organ transplant patients

(2012) Martin Hoenigl et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTION

Impact of galactomannan testing on the prevalence of invasive aspergillosis in patients with hematological malignancies

(2012) Martin Hoenigl et al.   MEDICAL MYCOLOGY

Detection of (1, 3)-β-d-glucan in bronchoalveolar lavage and serum samples collected from immunocompromised hosts

(2012) Elitza S. Theel et al.   MYCOPATHOLOGIA

Interlaboratory comparison of PCR-based identification of Candida and Aspergillus DNA in spiked blood samples

(2012) Utz Reichard et al.   MYCOSES

Detection of Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis in Haematological Malignancy Patients by using Lateral-flow Technology

(2012) Christopher Thornton et al.   Jove-Journal of Visualized Experiments

ECIL recommendations for the use of biological markers for the diagnosis of invasive fungal diseases in leukemic patients and hematopoietic SCT recipients

(2011) O Marchetti et al.   BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION

 -D-Glucan Assay for the Diagnosis of Invasive Fungal Infections: A Meta-analysis

(2011) D. E. Karageorgopoulos et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

 -Glucan Antigenemia Assay for the Diagnosis of Invasive Fungal Infections in Patients With Hematological Malignancies: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Cohort Studies From the Third European Conference on Infections in Leukemia (ECIL-3)

(2011) F. Lamoth et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Beta-d-Glucan Detection as a Diagnostic Test for Invasive Aspergillosis in Immunocompromised Critically Ill Patients with Symptoms of Respiratory Infection: an Autopsy-Based Study

(2011) Greet De Vlieger 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

Serum β- d -glucan of critically ill patients with suspected ventilator-associated pneumonia: Preliminary observations

(2011) Daren Heyland et al.   JOURNAL OF CRITICAL CARE

False positive galactomannan Platelia due to piperacillin-tazobactam

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

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

Underestimating the Real Burden of Invasive Fungal Infections in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients?

(2010) Martin Hoenigl et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Invasive Fungal Infections among Organ Transplant Recipients: Results of the Transplant‐Associated Infection Surveillance Network (TRANSNET)

(2010) Peter G. Pappas et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

The Nationwide Austrian Aspergillus Registry: a prospective data collection on epidemiology, therapy and outcome of invasive mould infections in immunocompromised and/or immunosuppressed patients

(2010) S. Perkhofer et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS

Aspergillus PCR: One Step Closer to Standardization

(2010) P. L. White et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Epidemiology of invasive fungal infections and rationale for antifungal therapy in patients with haematological malignancies

(2010) M. Hoenigl et al.   MYCOSES

Utility of early versus late fiberoptic bronchoscopy in the evaluation of new pulmonary infiltrates following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

(2009) V R Shannon et al.   BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION

Comparison of Lateral Flow Technology and Galactomannan and (1->3)- -D-Glucan Assays for Detection of Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis

(2009) N. P. Wiederhold et al.   Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

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

(2009) Johan Maertens et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Risk stratification for invasive aspergillosis: early assessment of host susceptibility

(2009) Thomas F. Patterson   MEDICAL MYCOLOGY

Development of an Immunochromatographic Lateral-Flow Device for Rapid Serodiagnosis of Invasive Aspergillosis

(2008) C. R. Thornton   Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Performance Characteristics of the Platelia Aspergillus Enzyme Immunoassay for Detection of Aspergillus Galactomannan Antigen in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid

(2008) S. Husain et al.   Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

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

Activated human neutrophils rapidly release the chemotactically active D2D3 form of the urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor (uPAR/CD87)

(2008) Boris K. Pliyev   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOCHEMISTRY

Invasive fungal disease in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients: an autopsy-driven survey

(2007) J. Sinkó et al.   Transplant Infectious Disease