(1,3)-β-D-Glucan (BG) is a component of the Pneumocystis jirovecicell wall. Thirty-one immunocompromised patients with pneumonia (16 with presumptive pneumocystis pneumonia [PCP] and 15 with non-PCP) were evaluated for serum BG levels. Serum from all 16 presumptive PCP patients and from 2/15 patients with non-PCP was positive for BG. Results indicate that BG is a reliable marker for diagnosing PCP.
The related results are shown as follows:
The original paper is adopted from CLINICAL ANDVACCINEIMMUNOLOGY, Oct. 2009, p. 1524–1526
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