Special Staining of the Liquid-Based Cytopathology Test in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid for Diagnosis of Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis with Nonneutropenic Patients.

This study showed that special staining of LCT in BAL fluid may be a novel method for the diagnosis of IPA, and the GMS of LCT had higher sensitivity and specificity, which was superior to PAS.
PMID: 32318126 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Respiratory Care - April 23, 2020 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Hu Y, Zheng L, Pan D, Shao L, Xu X, Yu Y, Zhuang Q, Deng Z, Chen Z Tags: Can Respir J Source Type: research