@article{3397a968fddd465784d092a334943605,
title = "Aspergillus antigen detection in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from patients with invasive aspergillosis and aspergillomas",
abstract = "Improved diagnostic techniques have been needed for pulmonary aspergillosis, a common opportunistic fungal infection with a high mortality rate. Radioimmunoassay was used in this study to detect Aspergillus antigen in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid. In four patients with invasive aspergillosis or aspergillomas, Aspergillus antigen was detected in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid. In two patients, results of fungal cultures were negative or delayed. The specificity of antigen detection in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid was 91 percent in 35 control patients with a variety of pulmonary disorders. The technique of radioimmunoassay detection of microbial antigen in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid appears promising for the diagnosis of aspergillosis.",
author = "Andrews, {C. P.} and Weiner, {M. H.}",
note = "Funding Information: From the Pulmonary and Infectious Diseases Divisions, Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, and the Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans Hospital, San Antonio, Texas. This study was supported by grant Al-13770-06 from the National Institutes of Health, grant IN-1 16C from the American Cancer Society, and by the General Medical Research Service of the Veterans Administration. A preliminary report was presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Thoracic Society, May 1981. Requests for reprints should be addressed to Dr. Charles P. Andrews. Pulmonary Disease Section (11 lE), Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans Hospital, 7400 Merton Minter Boulevard, San Antonio, Texas 78284. Manuscript accepted January 26, 1982.",
year = "1982",
doi = "10.1016/0002-9343(82)90730-6",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "73",
pages = "372--380",
journal = "American Journal of Medicine",
issn = "0002-9343",
publisher = "Elsevier Inc.",
number = "3",
}