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The new test involves attaching radioactively labeled antibodies to the infecting structures formed by the growing fungus, making it visible to doctors. The academics have used a combination of PET and MRI imaging, diagnostic technologies present in many hospitals, to identify the disease and to rule out lung infections caused by other pathogens such as bacteria or viruses.
Until now, doctors seeking to diagnose invasive aspergillosis had to take samples of tissue or fluid from the lungs of patients with weakened immune systems who displayed abnormal symptoms.