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SUBMITTER: Chai LY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3405588 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chai Louis Y A LY Kullberg Bart-Jan BJ Johnson Elizabeth M EM Teerenstra Steven S Khin Lay Wai LW Vonk Alieke G AG Maertens Johan J Lortholary Olivier O Donnelly Peter J PJ Schlamm Haran T HT Troke Peter F PF Netea Mihai G MG Herbrecht Raoul R
Journal of clinical microbiology 20120502 7
The monitoring and prediction of treatment responses to invasive aspergillosis (IA) are difficult. We determined whether serum galactomannan index (GMI) trends early in the course of disease may be useful in predicting eventual clinical outcomes. For the subjects recruited into the multicenter Global Aspergillosis Study, serial GMIs were measured at baseline and at weeks 1, 2, and 4 following antifungal treatment. Clinical response and survival at 12 weeks were the outcome measures. GMI trends w ...[more]