aClinic of Respiratory Medicine and Pulmonary Cell Research, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland bDivision of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, ...
The COVID-19 pandemic forced a number of changes, many of which will remain in place long after it subsides. One important but under-recognized shift could be in the field of clinical diagnostics.
Mucor PCR testing of bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid showed high specificity in identifying invasive pulmonary mucormycosis (IPM) in lung transplant recipients, especially when used in conjunction ...
A simple PCR of mouth rinse may serve as a useful non-invasive test in diagnosing Pneumocystis pneumonia compared with bronchoalveolar lavage in immunocompromised patients without HIV.