False-positive (1,3) β-D-glucan assay in a patient with intracranial germinoma

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2015 Jun;34(6):676-7. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000000690.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Brain Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Brain Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • False Positive Reactions
  • Germinoma / diagnosis*
  • Germinoma / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Meningitis, Fungal / diagnosis*
  • Meningitis, Fungal / pathology*
  • Proteoglycans
  • beta-Glucans / cerebrospinal fluid*

Substances

  • Proteoglycans
  • beta-Glucans
  • polysaccharide-K