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Invasive sphenoidal aspergillosis: successful treatment with sphenoidotomy and voriconazole [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Treatment of invasive sphenoidal aspergillosis is surgical, followed by antifungal therapy, mostly amphotericin B. To optimize the adjuvant antifungal treatment, which is often limited by severe side effects, the new triazole antifungal agent ...
Baumann, Ariane   +3 more
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An Economic Evaluation of Voriconazole versus Amphotericin B for the Treatment of Invasive Aspergillosis in Canada

open access: yesCanadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 2004
BACKGROUND: Invasive aspergillosis (IA) is a serious fungal infection that affects immunocompromised patients. The Global Comparative Aspergillosis study demonstrated that voriconazole, a new broad-spectrum triazole, had better responses and improved ...
Coleman Rotstein   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Is fungal disease in Sri Lanka underestimated? A comparison of reported fungal infections with estimated disease burden using global data

open access: yesSri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2015
IntroductionWith an increase in the elderly population and developments in medical care, increased numbers of patients with fungal diseases are expected.
P.I. Jayasekera   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Aspergillus spondylodiscitis in a patient with liver cirrhosis and diabetes mellitus

open access: yesZdravniški Vestnik, 2014
Aspergillus osteomyelitis is a rare manifestation of invasive aspergillosis which accounts for 1.8% to 5.6% of all invasive aspergillosis forms. As other forms of invasive aspergillosis, it predominantly occurs in immunosupressed patients with well ...
Tereza Rojko   +4 more
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Treatment of invasive aspergillosis in kidney transplant recipients (a clinical case and a literature review) [PDF]

open access: yesКлиническая микробиология и антимикробная химиотерапия
Invasive aspergillosis is a serious disease that can occur in organ transplant recipients. Most often, this complication develops in recipients of lung, heart, and liver transplants.
Khostelidi S.N.   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Clinical Case of the Month. Pulmonary Aspergillosis: Chimic Necrotizing Aspergillosis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
peer reviewedPulmonary aspergillosis are uncommon diseases. The clinical expression of which are depending on the immunological status. The spectrum of pulmonary aspergillosis goes from hypersensitization to the invasive and disseminated aspergillosis ...
Golinval, Olivier, Louis, Renaud
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Association between polymorphisms in the genes encoding toll-like receptors and dectin-1 and susceptibility to invasive aspergillosis: a systematic review

open access: yesRevista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Invasive aspergillosis is a common fungal infection in immunocompromised individuals. Some studies have shown that toll-like receptor and dectin-1 genetic polymorphisms may alter signaling pathways, thus increasing an individual’s susceptibility to ...
Daiane de Oliveira Cunha   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Clinico-immunological features of invasive aspergillosis in patients with Hodgkin’s disease

open access: yesКлиническая онкогематология, 2014
Invasive aspergillosis is a serious mycotic infection with high mortality that mostly occurs in patients with hematological malignancies and severe immunodeficiency.
O. V. Shadrivova   +15 more
doaj   +1 more source

Estimating the Burden of Serious Fungal Infections in Uruguay

open access: yesJournal of Fungi, 2018
We aimed to estimate for the first time the burden of fungal infections in Uruguay. Data on population characteristics and underlying conditions were extracted from the National Statistics Institute, the World Bank, national registries, and published ...
Marina Macedo-Viñas, David W. Denning
doaj   +1 more source

Orbital Aspergillosis: Voriconazole – The New Standard Treatment

open access: yesCase Reports in Ophthalmology, 2012
Background/Aim: To describe a case of invasive orbital aspergillosis and evaluate treatments and outcomes. Methods: A case report and review of orbital aspergillosis treatment with voriconazole in the English language literature. Conclusion: Amphotericin
Derek H. Ohlstein   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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