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Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis

Journal of Fungi, 2023
Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis is growing in incidence, as patients at risk are growing in diversity. Outside the classical context of neutropenia, new risk factors are emerging or newly identified, such as new anticancer drugs, viral pneumonias and ...
Marie-Pierre Ledoux, Raoul Herbrecht
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Fulminant invasive aspergillosis of the mediastinum in an immunocompetent host: a case report [PDF]

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2012
Introduction Invasive aspergillosis is a serious complication in immunocompromised patients. It is an opportunistic disease, which predominantly occurs in the lungs, although dissemination to virtually any organ is possible.
Shakoor Muhammad, Ayub Samia, Ayub Zunaira, Mahmood Faisal   +3 more
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Subacute invasive pulmonary aspergillosis

Journal of Advanced Lung Health, 2021
Subacute invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) is an indolent cavitating infectious process which can mimic other chronic lung infections such as tuberculosis.
Ravindran Chetambath
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Co-infection of active pulmonary tuberculosis and invasive pulmonary aspergillosis following a liver transplant: a case report [PDF]

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background We report a rare case of co-infection involving pulmonary tuberculosis and invasive aspergillosis following a liver transplant. Case presentation A 25-year-old female housewife immigrant from Afghanistan, who had autoimmune hepatitis and ...
Sara Abolghasemi, Masoud Mardani, Maryam Valikhani, Amirhassan Rabbani, Mahmood Amiri   +4 more
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Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis [PDF]

Revista Clínica Española (English Edition), 2020
AbstractInvasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) remains difficult to diagnose and to treat. Most common risk factors are prolonged neutropenia, hematopoietic stem cell or solid organ transplantation, inherited or acquired immunodeficiency, administration of steroids or other immunosuppressive agents including monoclonal antibodies and new small ...
L A, Fernández-Bermejo, G, Ramírez-Olivencia   +1 more
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Influenza-related invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in an infectious disease ward at a pulmonary referral center in Iran. [PDF]

BMC Infect Dis
Valikhani M, Mortaz E, Molodi NA, Adcock IM, Tabarsi P.   +4 more
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Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in critically ill patients with pneumonia due to COVID-19, influenza, and communityacquired pneumonia: A prospective observational study [PDF]

Current Medical Mycology, 2022
Background and Purpose: Influenza A and SARS-CoV-2 are risk factors for invasive pulmonary aspergillosis. Both influenza-associated pulmonary aspergillosis and COVID-19-associated pulmonary aspergillosis result in high mortality and poor clinical ...
Ahsan Syed, Kausar Jabeen, Joveria Farooqi, Hammad Niamatullah, Aisha Fareed Siddiqui, Safia Awan, Alishah Akbar, Irfan Muhammad   +7 more
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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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Galactomannan-Antigen Testing from Non-Directed Bronchial Lavage for Rapid Detection of Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis in Critically Ill Patients: A Proof-of-Concept Study

Diagnostics, 2023
Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis is associated with high mortality. For diagnosis, galactomannan-antigen in serum and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid is recommended, with higher sensitivity in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid.
Kathrin Rothe, Miriam Dibos, Stefanie J. Haschka, Roland M. Schmid, Dirk Busch, Sebastian Rasch, Tobias Lahmer   +6 more
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Mechanistic Basis of Super-Infection: Influenza-Associated Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis

Journal of Fungi, 2022
Influenza infection is a risk factor for invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in both immunocompetent and immunocompromised hosts. The purpose of this review is to highlight the epidemiology of influenza-associated invasive pulmonary aspergillosis and the ...
Keven Mara Robinson
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