Diagnosis of aspergillus peritonitis in a renal dialysis patient by PCR and galactomannan detection.

A case of Aspergillus fumigatus peritonitis in a patient undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD): diagnostic and therapeutic challenges.

In the June 2004 issue of your journal, Scotter described a case of aspergillus peritonitis in a patient undergoing renal dialysis diagnosed by the polymerase chain reaction and galactomannan detection. We had a similar case of aspergillus peritonitis detected by (repeated) culture of peritoneal fluid and a positive serum galactomannan detection test. An 82 year old man under continuous ambulat...

Diagnosis of Aspergillus niger peritonitis in a peritoneal dialysis patient by peritoneal galactomannan and β-D-glucan detection.

Comments on \'\'Detection of galactomannan in the bronchoalveolar lavage of high-risk patients with invasive aspergillosis admitted at the intensive care unit\'\' by Khodavaisy et al.

Comments on ''Detection of galactomannan in the bronchoalveolar lavage of high-risk patients with invasive aspergillosis admitted at the intensive care unit'' by Khodavaisy et al.  AWT-SEP    AWT-SEP    AWT-SEP    AWT-SEP    AWT-SEP    AWT-SEP  Galactomannan in bronchoalveolar lavage for diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis  We rea...

Aspergillus meningitis: diagnosis by non-culture-based microbiological methods and management.

The performance of antibody detection, antigen detection, and Aspergillus genus-specific PCR for diagnosing Aspergillus meningitis was investigated with 26 cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples obtained from a single patient with proven infection caused by Aspergillus fumigatus. Immunoglobulin G antibodies directed against Aspergillus were not detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in CSF or...

Significance of galactomannan antigen for aspergillosis diagnosis: A review

Invasive aspergillosis is one the major causes of death in hematopoietic and solidtransplantrecipients. One of the most critical problems in medical mycology is theinability to consistently make a convincing and early diagnosis of invasive fungalinfection. Conventional diagnosis methods such as culture-based approaches are limitedby the insufficient accessibility sensitivity and the non-culture...