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ArticleHeliyon2023

Diagnostic performance and longitudinal analysis of fungal biomarkers in COVID-19 associated pulmonary aspergillosis.

Berrin Er, Ahmet Gorkem Er, Dolunay Gulmez, Taha Koray Sahin, Gökhan Metan, Zeynep Saribas, Sevtap Arikan-Akdagli, Omrum Uzun

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Article in Heliyon, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed, 0 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Biomarkers in the Diagnosis of Aspergillosis.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Berrin ErDivision of Intensive Care, Department of Internal Medicine, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Ahmet Gorkem ErDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Dolunay GulmezDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Taha Koray SahinDepartment of Internal Medicine, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Gökhan MetanDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Zeynep SaribasDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Sevtap Arikan-AkdagliDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Omrum UzunDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Hacettepe University · TRMiddle East Technical University · TR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objectives: Galactomannan lateral flow assay (GM-LFA) is a reliable test for COVID-19 associated pulmonary aspergillosis (CAPA) diagnosis Methods: Serum and nondirected bronchial lavage (NBL) samples were periodically collected. The sensitivity and specificity analysis for GM-LFA was done in different time periods. Longitudinal analysis was done with the joint model framework. Results: A total of 207 patients were evaluated. On the day of CAPA diagnosis, serum GM-LFA had a sensitivity of 42 % (95 % CI: 23-63) and specificity of 82 % (95 % CI: 78-84), while NBL GM-LFA had a sensitivity of 73 % (95 % CI: 45-92), specificity of 85 % (95 % CI: 76-91) for CAPA. Sensitivity decreased through the following days in both samples. Univariate joint model analysis showed that increasing GM-LFA and GM-ELISA levels were associated with increased mortality, and that effect remained same with serum GM-ELISA in multivariate joint model analysis. Conclusion: GM-LFA, particularly in NBL samples, seems to be a reliable method for CAPA diagnosis. For detecting patients with higher risk of mortality, longitudinal measurement of serum GM-ELISA can be useful.

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CAPAJoint modelLateral flow assayScreening

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