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Abstract

. Evidence for the clinical utility of bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) galactomannan in the management of fungal disease outside of haemato-oncology patients is limited.

. To determine how the introduction of BAL galactomannan testing impacted on the diagnosis and management of invasive aspergillosis and other fungal diseases in non-haemato-oncology patients.

. Retrospective review of all adult patients (age ≥16 years) without a diagnosis of haematological malignancy who had a positive BAL galactomannan from 1 November 2014 to 30 April 2018. Using electronic patient records we obtained demographic data, clinical details, laboratory investigations, relevant radiology and antimicrobial history for each case.

. In total, 121 episodes with a galactomannan OD index of ≥0.500 were included in the study; 29 cases (24 %) were felt to reflect fungal disease. Antifungal therapy was commenced as a direct consequence of a positive BAL galactomannan result in 13 patients where the ultimate diagnosis was subsequently considered to be non-mycological: associated medication-related side-effects in this group included deranged liver function tests (=3), rash (=1) and fever (=1), related to amphotericin B (=1) and voriconazole (=4).

. We show that vigilance is required when interpreting galactomannan results in non-haematology patients to avoid potentially harmful overtreatment.

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