Pseudomonas aeruginosaas a Cause of 1,3‐β‐d‐Glucan Assay Reactivity

Abstract

To the Editor—The fungal component 1,3-β-d-glucan is increasingly used to diagnose invasive fungal infection in immunocompromised patients [1]. Some studies showed false-positive results (i.e., positive findings not related to invasive fungal infection) in bacteremic patients, which were not related to known causes of reactivity, such as 1,3-β-d-glucan in fungal-derived antibiotics [1–4].