title: Lack of 1-3-B-D-glucan detection in adults with bacteraemia.
abstract: Bacteraemia was reported to be associated with false-positive 1→3-β-D-glucan (BG) assay results. We thus prospectively assessed the reactivity of the BG (Fungitell) in samples of 21 adults with bacteraemia: . BG was negative in all and is s therefore an unlikely cause of false positive BG in adults.
authors.affiliation: Service de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Centre d'Infectiologie Necker Pasteur, IHU Imagine, Hôpital Necker-Enfants-Malades, Paris, France anne.desjardins@chuq.qc.ca.
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Desjardins
authors.affiliation: Service de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Centre d'Infectiologie Necker Pasteur, IHU Imagine, Hôpital Necker-Enfants-Malades, Paris, France Université Paris-Descartes, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Perrine
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Parize
authors.affiliation: Unité de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Département de microbiologie, Hôpital Necker Enfants-Malades, Paris, France Université Paris-Descartes, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Cécile
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Angebault
authors.affiliation: Département de microbiologie, Hôpital Necker Enfants-Malades, Paris, France Université Paris-Descartes, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Hervé
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lécuyer
authors.affiliation: Service de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Centre d'Infectiologie Necker Pasteur, IHU Imagine, Hôpital Necker-Enfants-Malades, Paris, France Université Paris-Descartes, Paris, France Institut Pasteur, Centre National de Référence Mycoses Invasives et Antifongiques, Unité de Mycologie Moléculaire, CNRS URA3012, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Lortholary
authors.affiliation: Unité de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Département de microbiologie, Hôpital Necker Enfants-Malades, Paris, France Université Paris-Descartes, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Marie-Elisabeth
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Bougnoux
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011509:Proteoglycans; D044967:Serum / Q000737:chemistry; D055815:Young Adult; D047071:beta-Glucans / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D011509:Proteoglycans; D047071:beta-Glucans; C010770:polysaccharide-K
keywords: Beta-glucan; bacteraemia; blood culture; cross reactivity; false positive