Aspergillus fumigatus and Aspergillosis

JP Latgé - Clinical microbiology reviews, 1999 - Am Soc Microbiol
Aspergillus fumigatus is one of the most ubiquitous of the airborne saprophytic fungi.
Humans and animals constantly inhale numerous conidia of this fungus. The conidia are …

Aspergillosis

GP Bodey, S Vartivarian - European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and …, 1989 - Springer
Aspergillus spores are ubiquitous in the environment and may become concentrated in
hospital ventilation systems. Colonization in normal hosts can lead to allergic diseases …

A new sensitive sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay to detect galactofuran in patients with invasive aspergillosis

D Stynen, A Goris, J Sarfati… - Journal of clinical …, 1995 - Am Soc Microbiol
A double-direct sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay that uses a rat anti-
galactomannan monoclonal antibody as the acceptor and detector antibody was designed …

Rat monoclonal antibodies against Aspergillus galactomannan

D Stynen, J Sarfati, A Goris, MC Prevost… - Infection and …, 1992 - Am Soc Microbiol
Monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) against Aspergillus fumigatus galactomannan were
produced in rats. Seven of them, EB-A1 through EB-A7, were characterized in more detail …

Aspergillosis of the central nervous system: clinicopathological analysis of 17 patients

TJ Walsh, DB Hier, LR Caplan - Annals of neurology, 1985 - Wiley Online Library
The clinical, laboratory, and pathological features of aspergillosis of the central nervous
system (CNS) were studied in a series of 17 autopsied patients. Two groups were defined …

The spectrum of orbital aspergillosis: a clinicopathological review

LA Levin, R Avery, JW Shore, JJ Woog… - Survey of ophthalmology, 1996 - Elsevier
Orbital aspergillosis is an uncommon but serious infection that may first present to the
ophthalmologist. Usually arising from the paranasal sinuses, it may present in manifold ways …

Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis: MRI, CT, and plain radiographic findings and their contribution for early diagnosis

U Blum, M Windfuhr, C Buitrago-Tellez, G Sigmund… - Chest, 1994 - Elsevier
A prospective study was conducted in 38 patients with nodular lesions on plain chest
radiographs and the clinical suspicion of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) to assess …

Pulmonary aspergillosis and invasive disease in AIDS: review of 342 cases

E Mylonakis, TF Barlam, T Flanigan, JD Rich - Chest, 1998 - Elsevier
Aspergillosis is an infrequent but commonly fatal infection among HIV-infected individuals.
We review 342 cases of pulmonary Aspergillus infection that have been reported among HIV …

Immunodiagnosis of aspergillosis

VP Kurup, A Kumar - Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 1991 - Am Soc Microbiol
Aspergillus species are ubiquitous fungi and have been implicated as the causative agents
of a variety of lung disorders in humans. These disorders include allergic, saprophytic, and …

Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in acute leukemia: the contribution of CT to early diagnosis and aggressive management

JE Kuhlman, EK Fishman, PA Burch, JE Karp… - Chest, 1987 - Elsevier
Over 80 percent of patients with invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (EPA) undergoing
intensive antileukemic chemotherapy in a recent two-year period survived the pulmonary …