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. 2016 Apr;54(4):1171.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.02968-15. Epub 2016 Jan 13.

Pretreatment of Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid Samples with SLsolution Leads to False-Negative Aspergillus Galactomannan Levels

Sarah Gils  1 , Johan Maertens  1 , Katrien Lagrou  2
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Pretreatment of Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid Samples with SLsolution Leads to False-Negative Aspergillus Galactomannan Levels

Sarah Gils et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2016 Apr.
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