Questionable utility of galactomannan testing for diagnosis of Exserohilum rostratum infection

J Clin Microbiol. 2014 Jul;52(7):2742-3. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01148-14.

Authors

Nuntra Suwantarat¹, Richard Lee¹, Karen C Carroll¹, Sean X Zhang²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Medical Microbiology, Department of Pathology, the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
² Division of Medical Microbiology, Department of Pathology, the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA szhang28@jhmi.edu.

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Ascomycota / chemistry*
Ascomycota / isolation & purification*
Clinical Laboratory Techniques / methods*
Humans
Male
Mannans / analysis*
Mycology / methods*
Mycoses / diagnosis*

Substances

Mannans