Abstract：
:Diagnosis of invasive fungal pneumonias by conventional culture methods is difficult to assess and often delayed. Nonmolecular fungal markers have emerged as an important adjunctive tool to support their diagnosis in combination with other clinical, radiologic, and microbiological criteria of invasive fungal diseases. Concerns about the sensitivity and specificity of some tests in different patient populations should lead to warnings about their widespread use. None can identify the emerging and particularly deadly fungal pathogens responsible for mucormycosis. The role of nonmolecular fungal markers should be better defined in combination with other microbiological and radiologic tools in preemptive antifungal strategies.
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Clin Lab Medjournal_title
Clinics in laboratory medicineauthors
Lamoth F,Alexander BDdoi
10.1016/j.cll.2014.02.006subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2014-06-01 00:00:00pages
315-36issue
2eissn
0272-2712issn
1557-9832pii
S0272-2712(14)00020-1journal_volume
34pub_type
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journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine
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doi：
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journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine
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doi：
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journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
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journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine
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journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine
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doi：
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journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine
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journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
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journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine
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doi：
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journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine
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journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine
pub_type： 历史文章,杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.cll.2016.07.012
更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.cll.2014.10.001
更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.cll.2019.05.007
更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine
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doi：
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journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine
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更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine
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journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine
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journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine
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journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine
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journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine
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journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine
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