- Reischies, Frederike MJ;
- Raggam, Reinhard B;
- Prattes, Juergen;
- Krause, Robert;
- Eigl, Susanne;
- List, Agnes;
- Quehenberger, Franz;
- Strenger, Volker;
- Wölfler, Albert;
- Hoenigl, Martin
- Editor(s): Warnock, DW
Galactomannan (GM) testing of urine specimens may provide important advantages, compared to serum testing, such as easy noninvasive sample collection. We evaluated a total of 632 serial urine samples from 71 patients with underlying hematological malignancies and found that the urine GM/creatinine ratio, i.e., (urine GM level × 100)/urine creatinine level, which takes urine dilution into account, reliably detected invasive aspergillosis and may be a promising diagnostic tool for patients with hematological malignancies. (This study has been registered at ClinicalTrials.gov under registration no. NCT01576653.).