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 …

Pulmonary aspergillosis: a clinical review

M Kousha, R Tadi, AO Soubani - European Respiratory Review, 2011 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Aspergillus is a mould which may lead to a variety of infectious, allergic diseases depending
on the host9s immune status or pulmonary structure. Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis …

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 …

Clinical practice guideline for the use of antimicrobial agents in neutropenic patients with cancer: 2010 update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America

AG Freifeld, EJ Bow, KA Sepkowitz… - Clinical infectious …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
This document updates and expands the initial Infectious Diseases Society of America
(IDSA) Fever and Neutropenia Guideline that was published in 1997 and first updated in …

Treatment of aspergillosis: clinical practice guidelines of the Infectious Diseases Society of America

TJ Walsh, EJ Anaissie, DW Denning, R Herbrecht… - Clinical infectious …, 2008 - JSTOR
Aspergillus species have emerged as an important cause of life-threatening infections in
immunocompromised patients. This expanding population is composed of patients with …

Systematic reviews of diagnostic test accuracy

MMG Leeflang, JJ Deeks, C Gatsonis… - Annals of internal …, 2008 - acpjournals.org
More and more systematic reviews of diagnostic test accuracy studies are being published,
but they can be methodologically challenging. In this paper, the authors present some of the …

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 …

Guideline for the management of fever and neutropenia in children with cancer and/or undergoing hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation

T Lehrnbecher, R Phillips, S Alexander… - Journal of clinical …, 2012 - ascopubs.org
Purpose To develop an evidence-based guideline for the empiric management of pediatric
fever and neutropenia (FN). Methods The International Pediatric Fever and Neutropenia …

Galactomannan detection for invasive aspergillosis in immunocompromised patients

MMG Leeflang, YJ Debets‐Ossenkopp… - Cochrane Database …, 1996 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Invasive aspergillosis is the most common life‐threatening opportunistic
invasive mycosis in immunocompromised patients. A test for invasive aspergillosis should …

Combination antifungal therapy

MD Johnson, C MacDougall… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2004 - Am Soc Microbiol
The availability of new antifungal agents with novel mechanisms of action has stimulated
renewed interest in combination antifungal therapies. In particular, and despite the limited …