Treatment of Primary Pulmonary Aspergillosis: An Assessment of the Evidence. [PDF]
, 2016 Aspergillus spp. are a group of filamentous molds that were first described due to a perceived similarity to an aspergillum, or liturgical device used to sprinkle holy water, when viewed under a microscope.
Stewart, Ethan R, Thompson, George R
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Intracranial fusarium fungal abscess in an immunocompetent patient: case report and review of the literature. [PDF]
, 2014 Introduction Fusarium spp is an omnipresent fungal species that may lead to fatal infections in immunocompromised populations. Spontaneous intracranial infection by Fusarium spp in immunocompetent individuals is exceedingly rare.
Cadden, Joseph +6 more
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Epidemiology and burden of invasive fungal infections in the countries of the Arab League
Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2020 The burden of invasive fungal infections is alarming worldwide. The aim of this paper is to review the published literature and evaluate the knowledge gap pertaining to studies on invasive fungal infections in the countries of the Arab League.
Joumana Kmeid +2 more
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Invasive Fungal Infections Associated with COVID-19
Journal of Fungi, 2023 The COVID-19 pandemic caused >6 million deaths worldwide, often from respiratory failure. Complications frequently occurred in hospitalized patients, particularly in the intensive care unit.
Kyaw M. Hlaing +4 more
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A hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis case with newly defined UNC13D (C.175G>C; p.Ala59Pro) mutation and a rare complication [PDF]
, 2015 Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) represents a severe hyperinflammatory condition with cardinal symptoms of prolonged fever, cytopenias, hepatosplenomegaly, and hemophagocytosis by activated, morphologically benign macrophages with impaired ...
Akpınar, Funda Özgürler +7 more
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Candida albicans Meningitis in an Extremely Low Birth Weight Premature Neonate: A Case Report
Forbes Tıp Dergisi, 2023 Invasive fungal infections are nosocomial infections that are common in very low and extremely low birth weight premature neonates and can cause morbidity and mortality.
Eda Albayrak +4 more
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Immunotherapy of invasive fungal infection in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients [PDF]
, 2013 Despite the availability of new antifungal compounds, invasive fungal infection remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in children and adults undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Allogeneic HSCT recipients
Klingebiel, Thomas +3 more
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Invasive Fungal Infections [PDF]
, 2018 Invasive fungal diseases (IFD) are frequent infectious complications of HSCT. The 12 m cumulative incidence approaches 8–10% in URD or mismatched allo-HSCT, 6% in MRD allo-HSCT, and less than 2% following auto-HSCT (Kontoyiannis et al. 2010). However, higher incidences (up to 17%) have been reported in haplo-identical HSCT and CBT.
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Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis complicating COVID-19 in the ICU - A case report. [PDF]
, 2021 It is not yet known, if critically ill COVID-19 patients are prone to fungal infections. We report a 69-year-old patient without typical risk factors for invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA), who developed IPA two weeks after onset of symptoms.
Eller, Philipp +5 more
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Increased mortality in hematological malignancy patients with acute respiratory failure from undetermined etiology : a Groupe de Recherche en Réanimation Respiratoire en Onco-Hématologique (Grrr-OH) study [PDF]
, 2016 Background: Acute respiratory failure (ARF) is the most frequent complication in patients with hematological malignancies and is associated with high morbidity and mortality.
Azoulay, Elie +19 more
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