COVID-19-associated fungal infections

M Hoenigl, D Seidel, R Sprute, C Cunha… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-associated invasive fungal infections are an
important complication in a substantial number of critically ill, hospitalized patients with …

Treatment of aspergillosis

JD Jenks, M Hoenigl - Journal of Fungi, 2018 - mdpi.com
Infections caused by Aspergillus spp. remain associated with high morbidity and mortality.
While mold-active antifungal prophylaxis has led to a decrease of occurrence of invasive …

Practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of aspergillosis: 2016 update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America

TF Patterson, GR Thompson III… - Clinical infectious …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
It is important to realize that guidelines cannot always account for individual variation among
patients. They are not intended to supplant physician judgment with respect to particular …

Aspergillus test profiles and mortality in critically ill COVID-19 patients

M Ergün, RJM Brüggemann, A Alanio… - Journal of clinical …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
The literature regarding COVID-19-associated pulmonary aspergillosis (CAPA) has shown
conflicting observations, including survival of CAPA patients not receiving antifungal therapy …

Invasive aspergillosis in critically ill patients: Review of definitions and diagnostic approaches

JD Jenks, HH Nam, M Hoenigl - Mycoses, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Invasive aspergillosis (IA) is an increasingly recognised phenomenon in critically ill patients
in the intensive care unit, including in patients with severe influenza and severe coronavirus …

Galactomannan, β-D-glucan, and polymerase chain reaction–based assays for the diagnosis of invasive fungal disease in pediatric cancer and hematopoietic stem …

T Lehrnbecher, PD Robinson, BT Fisher… - Clinical Infectious …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
We systematically reviewed and analyzed the available data for galactomannan (GM), β-D-
glucan (BG), and polymerase chain reaction (PCR)–based assays to detect invasive fungal …

Role of molecular biomarkers in the diagnosis of invasive fungal diseases in children

AR Huppler, BT Fisher, T Lehrnbecher… - Journal of the …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Invasive fungal diseases are important clinical problems that are often complicated by
severe illness and therefore the inability to use invasive measures to definitively diagnose …

Broad spectrum triazoles for invasive mould infections in adults: Which drug and when?

JD Jenks, SR Mehta, M Hoenigl - Medical mycology, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Invasive mould infections are an increasing cause of morbidity and mortality globally, mainly
due to increasing numbers of immunocompromised individuals at risk for fungal infections …

Galactomannan, a surrogate marker for outcome in invasive aspergillosis: finally coming of age

T Mercier, E Guldentops, K Lagrou… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Detection of galactomannan has become widely available for diagnosing invasive
aspergillosis. The test characteristics, using the Platelia™ enzyme-immunoassay, have …

Blood Aspergillus PCR: the good, the bad, and the ugly

M Egger, JD Jenks, M Hoenigl, J Prattes - Journal of Fungi, 2020 - mdpi.com
Invasive Aspergillosis (IA) is one of the most common invasive fungal diseases and is
accompanied by high morbidity and mortality. In order to maximize patient outcomes and …