Invasive Aspergillosis
Use and Limits of (1 3) β d Glucan Assay (Fungitell), Compared to Galactomannan Determination (Platelia Aspergillus), for Diagnosis of Invasive Aspergillosis
... of invasive aspergillosis (IA) in patients with hematological malignancies, and to exam- ine the rates of false-positive BG and GM test results due to -lactam antibiotics among sera of patients with ...
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Isavuconazole in the treatment of invasive aspergillosis and mucormycosis infections
... of invasive mold disease and the US Food and Drug Administra- tion (FDA) and European Medicines Agency (EMA) have since licensed isavuconazole for the treatment of invasive ...
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Molecular epidemiology of nosocomial invasive aspergillosis
... The aim of the epidemiological study described here was mainly to investigate the putative diversity of isolates from the same patient with invasive aspergillosis, the relatedness among [r] ...
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INVASIVE ASPERGILLOSIS IN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT PATIENTS IN IRAN
... (22). Invasive aspergillosis (IA) is one of the most common life-threatening fungal infections among critically ill patients including intensive care unit (ICU) ...
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Micafungin in the treatment of invasive candidiasis and invasive aspergillosis
... Abstract: Micafungin is an echinocandin antifungal agent available for clinical use in Japan, Europe, and the United States. Through inhibition of β -1,3-glucan production, an essential component of the fungal cell wall, ...
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Five years surveillance of invasive aspergillosis in a university hospital
... (b) Pathology: Proof of mould infection in histological samples or in autopsy. Electronic retrieval involved searching for the keywords: mould, hyphae, mycosis, invasive mycosis, invasive ...
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Fulminant invasive aspergillosis of the mediastinum in an immunocompetent host: a case report
... possible. Invasive aspergillosis in an immunocompetent patient with extension to the mediastinum has rarely been ...fulminant invasive aspergillosis with extensive involvement of the ...
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Aspergillus march: from ABPA to aspergilloma to subacute invasive aspergillosis
... monary aspergillosis (ABPA) in atopics, aspergilloma in chronic lung cavity, and chronic pulmonary aspergil- losis (CPA) or invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) in ...subacute invasive ...
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Management of invasive aspergillosis in patients with COPD: rational use of voriconazole
... contain invasive fungal challenges over ...for invasive procedures, the steroid-induced immunomodulation, and the sepsis-related cycling fluctua- tions of immune status from hyper- to anti-inflammatory ...
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Aspergillosis in a Child with Acute Myeloid Leukemia: Complications, and Treatment
... Unfortunately, in the case presented here aspergil- losis erupted in the oral cavity on the right side of the maxilla due to the neutropenia and the immunocom- promised status of the subject due to disease and ...
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Microsatellite Typing To Trace Aspergillus flavus Infections in a Hematology Unit
... In conclusion, the novel microsatellite typing scheme de- scribed here demonstrated a significant geographical genetic structure in A. flavus and provided further insight into the hospital epidemiology of this emerging ...
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Monoclonal Immunoglobulin G1 Directed against Aspergillus fumigatus Cell Wall Glycoprotein Protects against Experimental Murine Aspergillosis
... Invasive aspergillosis is a serious opportunistic fungal infec- tion caused by an ubiquitous saprophyte, Aspergillus fumigatus, in immunocompromised hosts, including patients with AIDS and patients ...
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Successful treatment of cerebral aspergillosis: case report of a patient with T cell large granular lymphocytic leukemia (T LGL)
... of invasive aspergillosis in a patient with T-LGL illustrates caveats in diagnosis, therapy and ...his aspergillosis manifested sequentially in two different organs, diagnosis was only confirmed ...
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Patterns of Susceptibility of Aspergillus Isolates Recovered from Patients Enrolled in the Transplant Associated Infection Surveillance Network
... Invasive aspergillosis (IA) is an important problem in im- munocompromised patients, especially in persons who have received hematopoietic stem cell or solid organ transplanta- ...
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Lethal thrombosis of the iliac artery caused by Aspergillus fumigatus after liver transplantation: case report and review of the literature
... of invasive fungal infections in high-risk patients because of their coverage of Candida, Aspergillus and Pneumocystis pneumonia, their low nephrotoxicity and hepatotoxicity, rare drug– drug interactions and low ...
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Clinical findings in 19 cases of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis with liver cirrhosis
... that invasive Aspergillus may occur in liver transplantation [1,3,11], it has rarely been reported in other liver ...the invasive operation and medication in the ...
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Multilocus Sequence Typing of the Pathogenic Fungus Aspergillus fumigatus
... Aspergillus fumigatus is a saprotrophic mold fungus com- monly found in soil enriched with organic material (49). This fungus produces huge numbers of airborne spores, which are found ubiquitously in the environment, ...
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Systemic biomarkers of inflammation and haemostasis in patients with chronic necrotizing pulmonary aspergillosis
... of invasive aspergillosis in severely immunocompromised patients [7,8], the role of platelet and endothelial cell activation as well as the levels of prothrombotic mediators in CNPA are largely unknown ...
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Multicentric epidemiological study of Aspergillus fumigatus isolates by multilocus enzyme electrophoresis
... Isoenzyme analysis. MLEE reproducibility was first ad- dressed by subculturing six isolates (two from each center) 16 times on Sabouraud’s medium and performing electrophoresis on samples from every fourth isolate ...
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Successful outcome of disseminated mucormycosis in a 3-year-old child suffering from acute leukaemia: the role of isavuconazole? A case report
... Background: The use of isavuconazole is approved for the management of invasive aspergillosis and mucormycosis, only in adults, as no paediatric pharmacology studies have been reported to date. Very few ...
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