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Analysis reveals limited effectiveness of inflammatory biomarkers in distinguishing fungal pneumonia from bacterial co-infection.
Lack of specificity of most fungal organisms responsible for pneumonia highlights the critical lack of specific diagnostic methods for fungal diseases. The results show that inflammatory biomarkers are not significantly different between fungal pneumonia patients with and without bacterial co-infections.
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