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Gut-derived fungemia due to Kodamaea ohmeri combined with invasive pulmonary aspergillosis: a case report

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2022
Background Kodamaea ohmeri is a rare pathogen with high mortality and is found among blood samples in a considerable proportion; however, gastrointestinal infection of K. ohmeri is extremely rare.
Zi-Mu Li, Yu-Kun Kuang, Yi-Fan Zheng, Pei-Hang Xu, Ji-Yu Wang, Run-Jing Gan, Hui-Xia Li, Li-Hong Bai, Can-Mao Xie, Ke-Jing Tang   +9 more
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Elevated Rates of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia and COVID-19 Associated Pulmonary Aspergillosis in Critically Ill Patients with SARS-CoV2 Infection in the Second Wave: A Retrospective Chart Review

Antibiotics, 2022
Due to multiple risk factors, the rate of ventilator-associated pneumonia in critically ill COVID-19 patients has been reported in a range of 7.6% to 86%. The rate of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in this cohort has been reported at 4% to 30%.
Sean Boyd, Kai Sheng Loh, Jessie Lynch, Dhari Alrashed, Saad Muzzammil, Hannah Marsh, Mustafa Masoud, Salman Bin Ihsan, Ignacio Martin-Loeches   +8 more
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Histopathological Implications of Aspergillus Infection in Lung

Mediators of Inflammation, 2013
This paper opens with a discussion on the significance of invasive fungal infections in advanced contemporary medicine, with an emphasis on the intractability of disease management and the difficulties of diagnosis.
Naobumi Tochigi, Yoichiro Okubo, Tsunehiro Ando, Megumi Wakayama, Minoru Shinozaki, Kyoko Gocho, Yoshinobu Hata, Takao Ishiwatari, Tetsuo Nemoto, Kazutoshi Shibuya   +9 more
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[Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in influenza]. [PDF]

Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde, 2015
BACKGROUND: Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) is a life-threatening infection that occurs predominantly in severely immunocompromised patients. Recently, IPA is also increasingly seen in less severely immunocompromised patients, such as patients with COPD receiving glucocorticoids and patients on ventilation in an IC unit.
Kolwijck, E., Scheper, H., Beuving, J., Kuijper, E.J., Hoeven, J.G. van der, Verweij, P.E.   +5 more
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Cytokine and Chemokine Responses in Invasive Aspergillosis Following Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: Past Evidence for Future Therapy of Aspergillosis

Journal of Fungi, 2021
Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis is a frequent complication in immunocompromised individuals, and it continues to be an important cause of mortality in patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
Patcharin Thammasit, Jirapas Sripetchwandee, Joshua D. Nosanchuk, Siriporn C. Chattipakorn, Nipon Chattipakorn, Sirida Youngchim   +5 more
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COVID-19 associated pulmonary aspergillosis in ICU patients: Report of five cases from Argentina

Medical Mycology Case Reports, 2021
Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis is a complication in critically ill patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome, especially those with severe coronavirus disease-associated pneumonia.
María Fernanda Benedetti, Katherine Hermida Alava, Judith Sagardia, Roberto Corella Cadena, Diego Laplume, Paula Capece, Gladys Posse, Alejandro David Nusblat, María Luján Cuestas   +8 more
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Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis-mimicking Tuberculosis [PDF]

Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2015
Pulmonary tuberculosis is occasionally confused with invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) in transplant recipients, since clinical suspicion and early diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis and IPA rely heavily on imaging modes such as computed tomography (CT).
Sung-Han, Kim, Mi Young, Kim, Sun In, Hong, Jiwon, Jung, Hyun Joo, Lee, Sung-Cheol, Yun, Sang-Oh, Lee, Sang-Ho, Choi, Yang Soo, Kim, Jun Hee, Woo   +9 more
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Influenza-associated pulmonary aspergillosis in a patient on ECMO

Medical Mycology Case Reports, 2020
Invasive pulmonary aspsergillosis (IPA) is a well-known disease typically affecting severely immunocompromised patients. Recently, IPA has been described in a new group of patients such as those infected with influenza.
Khaled Alobaid, Huda Alfoudri, Ahlam Jeragh   +2 more
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Case series of invasive lung infections by Aspergillus species and zygomycosis among post COVID-19 and post-transplant individuals

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2022
Airborne pathogens like Aspergillus bring the lungs in the frontline for defense. Pulmonary diseases caused by Aspergillus species are broadly classified as aspergilloma, chronic necrotizing pulmonary aspergillosis, invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA),
Mayuri Mahajan, S Prasanna, Nikunja Kumar Das, Nikhil Mahajan   +3 more
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Invasive Aspergillus fumigatus infection after Plasmodium falciparum malaria in an immuno-competent host: Case report and review of literature

Malaria Journal, 2009
Invasive fungal infection is rarely reported in association with malaria, even though malaria-associated inhibition of phagocyte function is a well-known condition.
Stremmel Wolfgang, Schnabel Philipp A, Eberhardt Ralf, Gotthardt Daniel, Ebinger Damaris, Eckerle Isabella, Junghanss Thomas, Eisenbach Christoph   +7 more
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