June Young Chun, Sahng-Joon Jeong, Sinae Kim, Soyoung Choi, Jong Hyuk Lee, Hyun Sung Chung, Seungman Park, Hyewon Lee, Hyae Young Kim, Bin Hwangbo, Young Ju Choi
OBJECTIVE: To diagnose invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA), galactomannan (GM) detection in serum or bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) is widely used. However, the utility of proximal airway GM test (from induced sputum or tracheal aspirate) has not been well elucidated. METHODS: In this retrospective cohort study, we evaluated the diagnostic performance of proximal airway GM in diagnosis of IPA including COVID-19 associated pulmonary aspergillosis (CAPA). Between January 2022 and January 2023, patients who had been tested for GM with clinical suspicion or for surveillance from any specimen (serum, induced sputum, tracheal aspirate, and BALF) were screened...
April 17, 2024: Journal of Infection