Contamination by cardboard particles as a cause of false-positive results for Aspergillus galactomannan enzyme immunoassays

Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2007 Jul;14(7):929. doi: 10.1128/CVI.00171-07. Epub 2007 May 9.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aspergillosis / diagnosis*
  • Aspergillosis / immunology
  • Equipment Contamination*
  • False Positive Reactions
  • Galactose / analogs & derivatives
  • Humans
  • Immunoenzyme Techniques / standards*
  • Mannans / immunology*
  • Paper*

Substances

  • Mannans
  • galactomannan
  • Galactose