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Soil Borne Human Diseases [PDF]

, 2011
Soils are home to a remarkable array of biodiversity with some estimates stating that 25% of the Earth’s species find their home in the soil. Of these organisms, the vast majority are not of any threat to human health, but rather function to provide ...
JEFFERY SIMON LEE, VAN DER PUTTEN Wim
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Outbreak of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis among patients hospitalized in a bone marrow transplant ward: tomographic findings [PDF]

, 2009
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the main aspects on CT scans of six patients hospitalized in a bone marrow transplant ward, diagnosed with invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA), during an in-hospital outbreak of the disease.
Freitas, Daniela Batista de Almeida, Jasinowodolinski, Dany, Meirelles, Gustavo de Souza Portes, Piovesan, Ana Cláudia, Szarf, Gilberto   +4 more
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Pulmonary Mucormycosis – An Experience from a Tertiary Care Center in Southern India: A PULM MUCOR Study

Current Medical Issues
Background: Pulmonary mucormycosis is a rare life-threatening fungal infection that primarily affects immunocompromised individuals, leading to severe morbidity and high mortality.
Ashwin Oliver Arul, K. Rajiv Karthik, Devasahayam Jesudas Christopher   +2 more
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Fungal speciation using quantitative polymerase chain reaction (QPCR) in patients with and without chronic rhinosinusitis. [PDF]

, 2006
Objectives/hypothesisThe objectives of this study were to determine the mycology of the middle meatus using an endoscopically guided brush sampling technique and polymerase chain reaction laboratory processing of nasal mucous; to compare the mycology of ...
Goldberg, Andrew N, Murr, Andrew H, Vesper, Stephen   +2 more
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Treatment and timing in invasive mould disease [PDF]

, 2017
Invasive mould disease is a growing threat for immunocompromised patients. The optimum time to use mould-active antifungal agents is much debated. Current approaches to antifungal prophylaxis, early treatment (empirical and pre-emptive therapy) and ...
Cordonnier, Catherine, de la Cámara, Rafael, Groll, Andreas H., Maertens, Johan, Marchetti, Oscar, Roilides, Emmanuel   +5 more
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Pulmonary Mucormycosis in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia and Neutropenia

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2018
Pulmonary mucormycosis is a rare life-threatening fungal infection associated with high mortality. We present the case of a 61-year-old man with history of chronic lymphocytic leukemia who presented with fever and cough, eventually diagnosed with ...
Izza Mir, Sijan Basnet, David Ellsworth, Elan Mohanty   +3 more
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Clinical characteristics, outcome, and factors associated with mortality of pulmonary mucormycosis: a retrospective single-center study from Pakistan

Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease
Introduction and objective: Pulmonary mucormycosis is a rare but rapidly progressive fatal disease. Limited data exist on the outcomes and factors associated with poor prognosis of pulmonary mucormycosis.
Rameesha Khalid, Iffat Khanum, Kiren Habib, Akbar Shoukat Ali, Joveria Farooqi, Nousheen Iqbal, Taymmia Ejaz, Kauser Jabeen, Muhammad Irfan   +8 more
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Infections caused by filamentous fungi in patients with hematologic malignancies. A report of 391 cases by GIMEMA Infection Program. [PDF]

, 2001
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the clinical characteristics of patients with hematologic malignancies developing a filamentous fungi infection (FFI) and to define the prognostic factors for their outcome.
Allione B, Bonini A, Buelli M, Candoni A, Cenacchi A, Chierichini A, Corvatta L, Cudillo L, D'Antonio D, Del Favero A, GIMEMA Infection Program, Girmenia C, Gruppo Italiano Malattie Ematologiche dell'Adulto, Martino P, Mele L, Melillo L, Montillo M, Nosari A, Pagano L, PICARDI, MARCO, Ricci P, Savignano C, Tonso A, Tosti ME   +23 more
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Accuracy of plasma cell-free DNA PCR for non-invasive diagnosis of mucormycosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Diagnosis of mucormycosis poses a substantial challenge due to the lack of a non-invasive biomarker and limitations of conventional diagnostics using invasive specimens.
Jordan Mah, Anthony Lieu, Veronica Nicholas, Angel Moreno, Kanagavel Murugesan, Indre Budvytiene, Niaz Banaei   +6 more
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Pulmonary mucormycosis in kidney transplant patient

The Journal of Association of Chest Physicians
Mucormycosis is a fungal infection that mostly occurs in immunocompromised patients. Other risk factors are diabetes mellitus, solid organ transplant, and long use of glucocorticoids.
Mona Jha, Shailly Deshawar, Nikhil Kirar, Manas Kamal Sen   +3 more
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