Detection of Aspergillus Species DNA by PCR in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid
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- 1 June 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 39 (6) , 2338-2340
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.39.6.2338-2340.2001
Abstract
The usefulness of a nested PCR assay for detection of Aspergillus sp. DNA was evaluated in 177 bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid specimens. This test was accurate both to diagnose culture-negative BAL fluid specimens from patients with invasive pulmonary aspergillosis and to confirm culture-positive samples. However, it did not differentiate between infection and colonization.Keywords
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