All four patients who died in this study had positive BDG values at the time of diagnosis, and three of them showed a trend of increasing BDG levels until 4–6 weeks after diagnosis.
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The Diagnostic Sensitivity of Beta-D-Glucan Assay in Patients with Chronic Disseminated Candidiasis.
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All four patients who died within 90 days of CDC diagnosis had a positive BDG assay, and three of them showed an increasing trend of BDG values during treatment ( Figure 1 ).