Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Egan, Lindsey
• Connolly, Patricia
• Joseph Wheat, L.
• Fuller, Deanna
• Davis, Thomas E.
• Knox, Kenneth S.
• Hage, Chadi A.

Titel

Histoplasmosis as a cause for a positive Fungitell™ (1→3)- -D-glucan test

Ist Teil von

• Medical mycology (Oxford), 2008, Vol.46 (1), p.93-95

Ort / Verlag

Informa UK Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2008

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

Taylor & Francis Journals Auto-Holdings Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• We evaluated the Fungitell™ beta-glucan (BG) test with specimens from patients with presumed histoplasmosis. The sensitivity of the test was 87% in histoplasmosis cases and had a specificity of 68% with controls. Histoplasmosis should be considered as a possible cause for a positive BG test, but such results may be found with many other conditions that are clinically similar to this fungal disease. Therefore, there is a need to conduct confirmatory tests for histoplasmosis in the appropriate clinical setting.