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. 2007 Sep;45(9):3141-2.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.00974-07. Epub 2007 Aug 1.

Intravenous PLASMA-LYTE as a major cause of false-positive results of platelia Aspergillus test for galactomannan detection in serum

Zdenek Racil  1 , Iva Kocmanova, Martina Lengerova, Jana Winterova, Jiri Mayer
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Intravenous PLASMA-LYTE as a major cause of false-positive results of platelia Aspergillus test for galactomannan detection in serum

Zdenek Racil et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2007 Sep.
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FIG. 1.
Number of patients who tested positive with the Platelia Aspergillus test (column depth) and the cause of positivity in relation to PLASMA-LYTE consumption. Q, quarter.
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