Abstract

Pediatric invasive fungal disease(IFD) often lacks characteristic clinical manifestations and imaging changes.It is a severe disease in ICU and is unlikely to be diagnosed early.The diagnosis of IFD is typically based on laboratory tests targeting at the population at risk.The laboratory tests for IFD generally include direct tests(smear microscopy, fungal culture, histopathologic examination, etc.), serologic tests(tests for 1, 3-β-D dextran and galactomannan, etc.), and certain progresses have been made in molecular biological tests in recent years.It is key to diagnosis of IFD to use laboratory tests rationally and accurately interpret the laboratory results. Key words: Invasive fungal disease; Laboratory examination,

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