Utility and Pitfalls of β‐D‐Glucan for Diagnosis and Response Monitoring of Chronic Disseminated Candidiasis in Paediatric Cancer Patients
BDG in serum is useful for microbiological diagnosis and monitoring of probable CDC; however, it remains a non-specific fungal biomarker whose results need to be scrutinised in patients who do not respond to treatment as expected.
Authors
- Thomas Wiesel
- Marc Tim Hennies
- Katharina Körholz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5449-6967)
- Andreas H. Groll (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1188-393X)
- Frieder Schaumburg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9168-9290)
- Heidrun Herbrüggen
- Martina Ahlmann
- Birgit Fröhlich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4803-8336)
- Katja Krämer
- P.‐M. Rath
Institutions
- Witten/Herdecke University (DE)
- University Hospital Münster (DE)
- University of Duisburg-Essen (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Mycoses
- Published
- 2025-08-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/myc.70102
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Antifungal resistance and susceptibility
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.40