Ninety-one serum samples from 51 hematology patients with bacteremia infections were tested for (1,3)-beta-D-glucan (BG). Eleven samples (15%) from 7 patients (14%) were positive for BG. Of these 7 patients with positive BG results, 4 (8%) had invasive aspergillosis and 3 (6%) had no invasive fungal disease. Bacteremia was an unlikely cause of the false-positive BG results.
Bloodstream infections are an improbable cause of positive serum (1,3)-β-D-glucan in hematology patients
Furfaro, E;Mikulska, M;Del Bono, V;Guolo, F;Gobbi, M;Ghiso, A;Viscoli, C
2014-01-01
Abstract
Ninety-one serum samples from 51 hematology patients with bacteremia infections were tested for (1,3)-beta-D-glucan (BG). Eleven samples (15%) from 7 patients (14%) were positive for BG. Of these 7 patients with positive BG results, 4 (8%) had invasive aspergillosis and 3 (6%) had no invasive fungal disease. Bacteremia was an unlikely cause of the false-positive BG results.
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