Aspergillosis: epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment

J Cadena, GR Thompson… - Infectious Disease Clinics, 2021 - id.theclinics.com
Aspergillosis refers to a spectrum of illness that is dependent on host factors and the
immunologic response. Noninvasive forms include allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis …

Ecology of aspergillosis: insights into the pathogenic potency of Aspergillus fumigatus and some other Aspergillus species

C Paulussen, JE Hallsworth… - Microbial …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Fungi of the genus Aspergillus are widespread in the environment. Some Aspergillus
species, most commonly Aspergillus fumigatus, may lead to a variety of allergic reactions …

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 …

Consensus guidelines for the diagnosis and management of invasive aspergillosis, 2021

AP Douglas, OC Smibert, A Bajel… - Internal Medicine …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Invasive aspergillosis (IA) in haematology/oncology patients presents as primary infection or
breakthrough infection, which can become refractory to antifungal treatment and has a high …

Investigation through the antimicrobial activity of electrospun PCL nanofiber mats with green synthesized Ag–Fe nanoparticles

MAJ Kouhbanani, S Mosleh-Shirazi… - Journal of Drug Delivery …, 2023 - Elsevier
Wound or device infections with drug resistant microorganisms are a major challenge in
medicine that could increase morbidity and mortality rate, with a great financial burden on …

Invasive aspergillosis in solid‐organ transplant recipients: guidelines from the American Society of Transplantation Infectious Diseases Community of Practice

S Husain, JF Camargo - Clinical transplantation, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
These updated AST‐IDCOP guidelines provide information on epidemiology, diagnosis, and
management of Aspergillus after organ transplantation. Aspergillus is the most common …

Microbiological laboratory testing in the diagnosis of fungal infections in pulmonary and critical care practice. An official American Thoracic Society clinical practice …

CA Hage, EM Carmona, O Epelbaum… - American journal of …, 2019 - atsjournals.org
Background: Fungal infections are of increasing incidence and importance in
immunocompromised and immunocompetent patients. Timely diagnosis relies on …

Nosocomial fungal infections: epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment

J Perlroth, B Choi, B Spellberg - Medical mycology, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Invasive fungal infections are increasingly common in the nosocomial setting. Furthermore,
because risk factors for these infections continue to increase in frequency, it is likely that …

Efflux-mediated antifungal drug resistance

RD Cannon, E Lamping, AR Holmes… - Clinical microbiology …, 2009 - Am Soc Microbiol
Fungi cause serious infections in the immunocompromised and debilitated, and the
incidence of invasive mycoses has increased significantly over the last 3 decades. Slow …

Diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis using a galactomannan assay: a meta-analysis

CD Pfeiffer, JP Fine, N Safdar - Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Background. A double-sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent galactomannan assay has
been approved for surveillance for invasive aspergillosis in immunocompromised patients …