• Galactomannan detection from piperacillin-tazobactam brands available in the Brazilian market 

      Xavier, Melissa Orzechowski; Pasqualotto, Alessandro Comaru; Aquino, Valério Rodrigues; Sukiennik, Teresa Cristina Teixeira; Severo, Luiz Carlos (2009) [Artigo de periódico]
      Piperacillin-tazobactam is a broad spectrum antimicrobial agent that can cause false-positive results in the commercial Platelia Aspergillus EIA test. So far, no study has been performed in Latin America to evaluate the ...
    • Variability in galactomannan detection by platelia aspergillus EIA™ according to the aspergillus species 

      Xavier, Melissa Orzechowski; Araujo, Juliana S.V.; Aquino, Valério Rodrigues; Severo, Cecília Bittencourt; Guazzelli, Luciana Silva; Severo, Luiz Carlos; Pasqualotto, Alessandro Comaru (2013) [Artigo de periódico]
      Here we investigate the extent to which different Aspergillus species release galactomannan (GM) in vitro. Marked variability was observed in GM reactivity between and within Aspergillus species, with A. terreus strains ...