title: Pretreatment of Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid Samples with SLsolution Leads to False-Negative Aspergillus Galactomannan Levels.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, KU Leuven-University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gils
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, KU Leuven-University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: Johan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Maertens
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, KU Leuven-University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium National Reference Center for Mycosis, Department of Laboratory Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium katrien.lagrou@uzleuven.be.
authors.forename: Katrien
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lagrou
mesh_terms: D000946:Antigens, Fungal / Q000032:analysis*; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / Q000737:chemistry*; D005188:False Negative Reactions; D005690:Galactose / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D006801:Humans; D008351:Mannans / Q000032:analysis*; D055732:Pulmonary Aspergillosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D000946:Antigens, Fungal; D008351:Mannans; C012990:galactomannan; D005690:Galactose