Negative serum (1,3) -β-D-glucan has a low power to exclude Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP) in HIV-uninfected patients with positive qPCR

• Main Authors: Yuan Huang (Author), Jie Yi (Author), Jing-jing Song (Author), Li-jun Du (Author), Xiao-meng Li (Author), Lin-lin Cheng (Author), Song-xin Yan (Author), Hao-long Li (Author), Yong-mei Liu (Author), Hao-ting Zhan (Author), Ya-ling Dou (Author), Yong-zhe Li (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Objective The current study evaluated the diagnostic performance of serum (1,3)-beta-D Glucan (BDG) in differentiating PJP from P. jirovecii-colonization in HIV-uninfected patients with P. jirovecii PCR-positive results. Methods This was a single-center retrospective study between 2019 and...