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ArticleJournal of clinical pathology2004

Diagnosis of aspergillus peritonitis in a renal dialysis patient by PCR and galactomannan detection.

J M Scotter, J M Stevens, S T Chambers, K L Lynn, W N Patton

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Article in Journal of clinical pathology, 2004. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Kidney medicine · 2026
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  4. Culture-negative Aspergillus peritonitis diagnosed by peritoneal biopsy.Peritoneal dialysis international : journal of the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

J M ScotterDepartment of Pathology, Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Christchurch, New Zealand.
J M Stevens
S T Chambers
K L Lynn
W N Patton
Canterbury Health Laboratories · NZChristchurch Hospital · NZChristchurch Clinical Studies Trust · NZ

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This report describes the use of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and galactomannan detection to detect aspergillus in the continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) fluid and blood of a patient with multiple myeloma on CAPD and immunosuppressive treatment. Diagnosis of aspergillosis was initially made by conventional culture of CAPD fluid, but the PCR and galactomannan assays also detected aspergillus DNA and antigen in the blood, respectively. This suggests that the PCR and galactomannan assays, previously suggested as useful in the management of invasive fungal infections in neutropenic haematological patients, may be suitable for application to a broad range of clinical situations and sample types.

Indexed as

AspergillosisAspergillus fumigatusGalactoseHumansMaleMannansMiddle AgedPeritoneal Dialysis, Continuous AmbulatoryPeritonitisPolymerase Chain ReactiongalactomannanGalactoseMannans

Identifiers

PMID15166279
PMCPMC1770331
OpenAlexW2098011081

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