1. False-Positive Galactomannan Platelia Aspergillus Test Results for Patients Receiving Piperacillin-Tazobactam.
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Viscoli, Claudio, Cappellano, Paola, Bucci, Barbara, Bruzzi, Paolo, Van Lint, Maria Teresa, Bacigalupo, Andrea, and Machett, Marco
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BONE marrow transplantation ,TAZOBACTAM ,PIPERACILLIN - Abstract
At the bone marrow transplantation center of the San Martino Hospital (Genoa), we observed an increase in the rate of patients with positive Platelia Aspergillus (PA; Bio-Rad) test results, from 10% (38 of 386 patients) in the period from January 1999 through January 2003 to 36% (21 of 59 patients) in the period from February 2003 through May 2003. Positivity was significantly (P<0.001 ) associated with the administration of piperacillin-tazobactam (PT) (17 [74%] of 23 patients who received PT had positive results vs. 4 [11%] of 36 who did not receive PT). Multivariate analysis found administration of PT (χ
2 = 3.47; P < .001 ) and underlying disease (χ2 = 21.14; P < .001 ) to be associated with PA positivity. Of PT batches tested, 12 had positive PA test results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2004
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