Background Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) is a major cause of morbidity and
mortality in patients with hematological malignancies in the setting of profound neutropenia …

There is a paucity of studies on the yield of Gomori-methenamine-silver (GMS) staining in
bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid cytology and its comparison with fluorescent dye staining …

The present study investigated the improvement in the diagnosis of invasive pulmonary
aspergillosis (IPA) adding a molecular test on bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) to the routine …

In the absence of histopathology studies of lung biopsies, the bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL)
sample is preferred for the diagnosis of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis. Isolation of …

To the Editor: A multicenter retrospective survey in China shows that the most common
pulmonary fungal disease is pulmonary aspergillosis.[1] The diagnosis of invasive …

Objective: To evaluate the assistant role of manifestations under tracheoscopy in the
diagnosis of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) in severe patients. Methods: A …

Fast diagnosis of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) is essential as early adequate
therapy improves survival. However, current microbiological methods suffer from a low …

Objectives Exhaled breath condensate (EBC) is a noninvasive means of sampling the
airways that has shown significant promise in the diagnosis of many disorders. There have …

Objectives: We evaluated the usefulness of an Aspergillus fumigatus quantitative PCR assay
performed in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BAL) for the diagnosis and prognosis of both …

Background The diagnosis of pulmonary aspergillosis is difficult because the sensitivity of
the conventional methods for the detection of Aspergillus such as culture and cytology, is …