Nilüfer Aylin Acet-Öztürk, Dilara Ömer-Topçu, Kübra Vurat Acar, Özge Aydın-Güçlü, İbrahim Ethem Pınar, Ezgi Demirdöğen, Aslı Görek-Dilektaşlı, Esra Kazak, Vildan Özkocaman, Ahmet Ursavas, Fahir Özkalemkaş, Beyza Ener, Rıdvan Ali, Halis Akalın
BACKGROUND: Diagnostic accuracy of galactomannan measurements is highly variable depending on the study population, diagnostic procedures, and treatment procedures. We aimed to evaluate the effect of posaconazole prophylaxis and empiric antifungal treatment upon diagnostic accuracy of GM measurements in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL), bronchial lavage (BL), and serum in hematological malignancy population. METHODS: Patients hospitalized in a single tertiary care center with hematologic malignancies undergoing fiberoptic bronchoscopy (FOB) with a preliminary diagnosis of IPA were retrospectively included...
November 1, 2023: European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases