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Factors associated with invasive lung aspergillosis and the significance of positive aspergillus culture after liver transplantation [PDF]

, 1992
From January 1981 to December 1990, 2180 patients underwent orthotopic liver transplantation at the University of Pittsburgh. Thirty-two patients (1.5%) were identified with invasive aspergillosis (29 lung, 2 intraabdominal, 1 meningitis). Of 29 patients
Fung, J, Irish, W, Kusne, S, Martin, M, Mañez, R, Simmons, RL, Starzl, TE, Torre-Cisneros, J   +7 more
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Invasive pulmonary mucormycosis and aspergillosis in a patient with decompensated hepatic cirrhosis

Medical Mycology Case Reports, 2018
Invasive pulmonary mucormycosis and aspergillosis are rare, life-threatening fungal infections. Most documented cases have been reported in non-cirrhotic patients with diabetes mellitus, neutropenia, or treatment with corticosteroids.
Jon G. Persichino, Argun D. Can, Tam T. Van, Michele N. Matthews, Scott G. Filler   +4 more
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Aspergillosis ball graft as complication of Covid-19 infection: Case report

Radiology Case Reports, 2023
Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis is a severe presentation of aspergillosis fungal infection, with a high mortality rate. Many Covid-19-associated pulmonary aspergillosis cases have been described in the literature giving rise to a major dilemma for ...
Mohammed Aabdi, MD, Ounci Es-Saad, MD, Youssef Motiaa, MD, Smail Labib, MD, Hicham Sbai, MD   +4 more
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Epidemiology of invasive aspergillosis in critically ill patients : clinical presentation, underlying conditions, and outcome [PDF]

, 2015
Introduction: Invasive aspergillosis (IA) is a fungal infection that particularly affects immunocompromised hosts. Recently, several studies have indicated a high incidence of IA in intensive care unit (ICU) patients.
Blasco-Navalpotro, Miguel, Blot, Stijn I, Bulpa, Pierre, Cardoso, Teresa, De Laere, Emmanuel, Dimopoulos, George, Meersseman, Wouter, Misset, Benoit, Paiva, José-Artur, Rello, Jordi, Taccone, Fabio Silvio, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Van den Abeele, Anne-Marie, Vogelaers, Dirk   +13 more
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Lateral Flow Assays for the Diagnosis of Invasive Aspergillosis: Current Status. [PDF]

, 2017
Purpose of reviewDiagnosis during early stages of invasive aspergillosis (IA) and targeted antifungal treatment has the potential to improve survival significantly.
Heldt, Sven, Hoenigl, Martin
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Influenza associated pulmonary aspergillosis in california: A case series

Clinical Infection in Practice, 2022
Introduction: Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis has been reported to occur in patients who are critically ill with severe influenza. The mortality rate is high.
John Z. Deng, Karlyn D. Beer, Mitsuru Toda, Brendan Jackson, Tiffany Lin, Marjan Javanbakht, Chrysovalantis Stafylis, Tom Chiller, Jeffrey D. Klausner   +8 more
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Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis: diagnostic and treatment challenges [PDF]

, 2016
Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) is a pulmonary disorder, occurring mostly in asthmatic and cystic fibrosis patients, caused by an abnormal T-helper 2 lymphocyte response of the host to Aspergillus fumigatus antigens.
CINICOLA, BIANCA LAURA, DUSE, MARZIA, Laitano, Rossella, LEONARDI, LUCIA   +3 more
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Aspergillosis Complicating Severe Coronavirus Disease

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2021
Aspergillosis complicating severe influenza infection has been increasingly detected worldwide. Recently, coronavirus disease–associated pulmonary aspergillosis (CAPA) has been detected through rapid reports, primarily from centers in Europe.
Kieren A. Marr, Andrew Platt, Jeffrey A. Tornheim, Sean X. Zhang, Kausik Datta, Celia Cardozo, Carolina Garcia-Vidal   +6 more
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Pulmonary Aspergillosis: An Evolving Challenge for Diagnosis and Treatment

Infectious Diseases and Therapy, 2020
Aspergillus is a mold that may lead to different clinical pictures, from allergic to invasive disease, depending on the patient’s immune status and structural lung diseases.
Alessandro Russo, Giusy Tiseo, Marco Falcone, Francesco Menichetti   +3 more
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Distinguishing Invasive from Chronic Pulmonary Infections: Host Pentraxin 3 and Fungal Siderophores in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluids

Journal of Fungi, 2022
The multiple forms of pulmonary aspergillosis caused by Aspergillus species are the most common respiratory mycoses. Although invasive, the analysis of diagnostic biomarkers in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) is a clinical standard for diagnosing ...
Radim Dobiáš, Pavla Jaworská, Valeria Skopelidou, Jan Strakoš, Denisa Višňovská, Marcela Káňová, Anton Škríba, Pavlína Lysková, Tomáš Bartek, Ivana Janíčková, Radovan Kozel, Lucie Cwiková, Zbyněk Vrba, Milan Navrátil, Jan Martinek, Pavla Coufalová, Eva Krejčí, Vít Ulmann, Milan Raška, David A. Stevens, Vladimír Havlíček   +20 more
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