Failure to detect circulating Aspergillus markers in a patient with chronic granulomatous disease and invasive aspergillosis

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Verweij PE, Weemaes CM, Curfs JH, Bretagne S, Meis JF.

Date: 2 November 2007

Abstract:

We report a patient with chronic granulomatous disease who developed invasive pulmonary aspergillosis and a subphrenic abscess. During treatment, high levels of Aspergillus antigen were detected in the abscess, but circulating antigen and Aspergillus DNA were undetectable in the serum.

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