Failure To Detect Circulating Aspergillus Markers in a Patient with Chronic Granulomatous Disease and Invasive Aspergillosis
AUTOR(ES)
Verweij, Paul E.
FONTE
American Society for Microbiology
RESUMO
We report a patient with chronic granulomatous disease who developed invasive pulmonary aspergillosis and a subphrenic abscess. During treatment, high levels of Aspergillus antigen were detected in the abscess, but circulating antigen and Aspergillus DNA were undetectable in the serum.
ACESSO AO ARTIGO
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