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- Title
Problems and recent advances in measurement of (1 → 3) - β-D-glucan.
- Authors
Yoshida, Koichiro; Shoji, Hisashi; Niki, Yoshihito
- Abstract
Measurement of (1→3)-β-D-glucan for invasive fungal infection is used practically in Japan. The problem of false positive results due to the frequent occurrence of non-specific reaction in alkaline treatment, chromogenic automated kinetic assay to measure (1→3)-β-D-glucan had been recognized in Japan. But this important problem was resolved in July 2005 by improvement made in the pretreatment reagent in a (1→3)-β-D-glucan measurement kit. In this manuscript, we describe the process of improvement of this kit and its clinical usefulness.
- Subjects
JAPAN; MYCOSES; CHEMICAL reagents; CHROMOGENIC compounds; CHEMICAL reactions
- Publication
Japanese Journal of Medical Mycology, 2008, Vol 49, Issue 2, p75
- ISSN
0916-4804
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3314/jjmm.49.75