Beta-D-glucan as a diagnostic adjunct for invasive fungal infections: validation, cutoff development, and performance in patients with acute myelogenous leukemia and myelodysplastic syndrome.

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Published in Clin Infect Dis on June 28, 2004

Authors

Zekaver Odabasi1, Gloria Mattiuzzi, Elihu Estey, Hagop Kantarjian, Fumihiro Saeki, Richard J Ridge, Paul A Ketchum, Malcolm A Finkelman, John H Rex, Luis Ostrosky-Zeichner

Author Affiliations

1: Laboratory of Medical Mycology, University of Texas-Houston Medical School, Houston, TX, USA.

Associated clinical trials:

Candida in the Respiratory Tract Secretions of Critically Ill Patients and The Efficacy of Antifungal Treatment (CANTREAT) | NCT00934934

A Phase 1b Dose Escalation Trial of PSK®/Placebo With Docetaxel to Treat Metastatic Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer | NCT01685489

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