title: Filtration-based culture methods improve recovery of fungal pathogens in respiratory specimens.
abstract: We describe a filtration-based culture method to enhance sensitivity of routine culture for recovery of fungi from respiratory specimens. The new method resulted in an 8.3% (P = 0.0039) increase in recovery for all organisms and a 6.4% (P = 0.0391) for Candida species when compared to the conventional culture technique.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105-2794, USA. celsaleeby@partners.org
authors.forename: Chadi M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: El Saleeby
authors.forename: Ginger R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Jamison
authors.forename: Stanley B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Pounds
authors.forename: Carolyn B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Hewitt
authors.forename: Randall T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Hayden
mesh_terms: D005374:Filtration; D005658:Fungi / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008828:Microbiological Techniques; D009181:Mycoses / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013048:Specimen Handling