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The total agreement between the GM and the LFA cube reader (cut-off=1) was 84%. The correlation between the GM and LFA was calculated with r= 0.8. The here presented data indicate that a negative LFA result in BAL fluid can reliable rule out an IPA in a heterogeneous group of ICU patients based on the original Blot criteria. LFA seems to be a promising immunochromatographic test exhibiting a good agreement with positive GM values. The here presented data indicate that a negative LFA result in BAL fluid can reliable rule out an IPA i