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ReviewJournal of clinical microbiology2026

Non-invasive diagnosis of invasive fungal disease with cell-free DNA PCR.

Jordan Kit Mah, Anthony Lieu, Niaz Banaei

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Review in Journal of clinical microbiology, 2026. 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

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Jordan Kit MahDepartment of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.
Anthony LieuDepartment of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.
Niaz BanaeiDepartment of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8501-3000

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Invasive fungal disease (IFD) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the immunocompromised population. Early diagnosis is challenging due to the low sensitivity and non-specificity of non-invasive fungal biomarkers, the need for invasive specimen collection, and the limitations of culture and histopathology. Detection of circulating fungal cell-free DNA (cfDNA) in plasma and serum by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) represents a novel testing modality for rapid and accurate diagnosis of IFD. In this review, we summarize the performance characteristics of fungal cfDNA PCR for the diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis, mucormycosis, and

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Cell-Free Nucleic AcidsDNA, FungalInvasive Fungal InfectionsMolecular Diagnostic TechniquesPolymerase Chain ReactionHumansMucormycosisSensitivity and SpecificityCell-Free Nucleic AcidsDNA, Fungalcell-free DNA PCRimmunocompromised hostsinvasive fungal diseasenon-invasive testing

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PMID41165434
PMCPMC12892948

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