Taber's Medical Dictionary
1-3-beta-D-glucan
(wŏn′thrē′bāt′ă-dē′gloo′kan″)
ABBR: BG A polysaccharide component of the cell wall of most fungi. Serum assays for BG can be used to screen susceptible patients for infection with aspergillosis, candidiasis, or Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia.
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "1-3-beta-D-glucan." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/772979/all/1_3_beta_D_glucan.
1-3-beta-D-glucan. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/772979/all/1_3_beta_D_glucan. Accessed April 28, 2026.
1-3-beta-D-glucan. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/772979/all/1_3_beta_D_glucan
1-3-beta-D-glucan [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 April 28]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/772979/all/1_3_beta_D_glucan.
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