Analytical Comparison of In Vitro-Spiked Human Serum and Plasma for PCR-Based Detection of Aspergillus fumigatus DNA: a Study by the European Aspergillus PCR Initiative.

In a recent study comparing EAPCRI methods for the testing of serum and whole blood, there was a trend toward superior sensitivity when testing whole blood, but this did not reach statistical significance, and any benefit was outweighed by the simplicity of testing serum ( 8 ).

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