… patients, other CT findings indicative of IPA are comparable in neutropenic and in non-neutropenic
patients [11… , direct fluorescent antibody tests, DNA hybridization or cytology from BAL …

… for cytomegalovirus detection), cytology, cell count and differential, and … diagnostic gold
standard test for this patient population, this … In nonneutropenic patients, flexible bronchoscopy is …

… and obtaining histo- or cytopathological demonstration of the fungus … test results in patients
without a clinical suspicion of pulmonary infection as well as negative test results in patients …

… 2 consecutive samples for the same patient tested positive. … a positive culture or cytology for
Aspergillusspecies from sputum … , eg, in a nonneutropenic child with chronic granulomatous …

… ) since patients with ENP do not appear to show any difference in infection outcomes compared
to non-neutropenic patients … We recommend that tests are repeated at least three times, …

… The objective of this study is to assess the value of the liquid-based cytopathology test (LCT)
for improving the identification of IPA in BAL fluid from possible IPA patients, following …

… patients based on the mechanism of neutropenia and to prioritize testing based on patient
… urinary tract infections (UTIs) as nonneutropenic patients presenting with fever. The largest …

… Necroscopic examination was performed in 19 of the 81 patients who died. … patients, viral
investigations were restricted to the identification by culture of CMV and the cytopathological …

… We compared this group with a group of non-neutropenic patients, evaluated in the same …
count in different groups of patients were compared using the Student's t-test. A p value of <…

… nonneutropenic patients, 20 and confirmed in our experience, where no IFD was documented
in neutropenic patients … However, as recently observed, 14 the sensitivity of the test is low …