AAMS Infectious Diseases & Microbiology · Vol. 2 · Issue 2 · 2025-06-10
Fungal Infections in Immunocompromised Patients: A Comprehensive Review of Diagnostic Approaches
Watanabe K, Ishikawa M
Department of Infectious Diseases, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan¹; Division of Mycology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan²
Abstract
Comprehensive review evaluating diagnostic performance of galactomannan, beta-D-glucan, PCR, and metagenomic sequencing for invasive fungal infections in immunocompromised patients across 85 studies.
Keywords: Fungal Infections, Immunocompromised, Diagnostics, Galactomannan, Metagenomics
Full Text
Comprehensive review evaluating diagnostic performance of galactomannan, beta-D-glucan, PCR, and metagenomic sequencing for invasive fungal infections in immunocompromised patients across 85 studies.
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