Abstract
In September 2012, Los Angeles County (LAC) Department of Public Health (DPH) was notified of nine patients hospitalized on the bone marrow transplant unit (BMT) with blood specimens positive for galactomannan (GM) antigen between September 3, 2012 and September 11, 2012. The Bio-Rad Platelia™ Aspergillus Ag assay is noninvasive and was used to test all case specimens for GM. There are many documented cases of false positives with this test. An outbreak investigation was begun.
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