COVID-19 associated pulmonary aspergillosis: regional variation in incidence and diagnostic challenges
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DOI: 10.1007/s00134-021-06510-2
Abstract: We thank Rouze et al. for the thoughtful remarks [1] on our multinational study on pulmonary aspergillosis (CAPA) associated to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID19) [2]. We agree that diagnosis of CAPA is complex and requires… read more here.
Keywords: incidence; medicine; capa; aspergillosis ... See more keywords
Intracranial aspergillosis in immunocompetent adult patients without risk factors: a systematic review
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DOI: 10.1007/s10143-022-01738-y
Abstract: The clinical features and prognostic factors of intracranial aspergillosis in immunocompetent patients without risk factors are not well known. PubMed, Scopus, Google Scholar, and Web of Science were searched for all relevant case reports/series on… read more here.
Keywords: aspergillosis immunocompetent; patients without; intracranial aspergillosis; without risk ... See more keywords
Integrated Chinese and Western Medicines Shorten Treatment Course of Subacute Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis: A Case Report
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DOI: 10.1007/s11655-020-3186-4
Abstract: Aspergillosis infection (AI) is the most common type of fungal infection, and the lungs are the most affected organs of deep AI. Due to the wide application of broad-spectrum antibiotics, glucocorticoids and immunosuppressants, as well… read more here.
Keywords: medicine; aspergillosis; pulmonary aspergillosis; subacute invasive ... See more keywords
Coexistence of Aspergillosis of the Breast and Mediastinal Thymoma with Myasthenia Gravis: A Rare Entity
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DOI: 10.1007/s12262-020-02533-z
Abstract: Aspergillosis of the breast is very uncommon and associated with various immunosuppressed states. Spectrum of disease extends from cutaneous to disseminated invasive aspergillosis. Only 13 cases of aspergillosis breast have been reported so far with… read more here.
Keywords: aspergillosis breast; myasthenia gravis; thymoma myasthenia; aspergillosis ... See more keywords
Multiple small bowel perforations due to invasive aspergillosis in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia: case report and a systematic review of the literature
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DOI: 10.1007/s15010-018-1115-7
Abstract: PurposeInvasive aspergillosis (IA) represents a major cause of morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised patients. Involvement of the gastrointestinal tract by Aspergillus is mostly reported as part of a disseminated infection from a primary pulmonary site… read more here.
Keywords: bowel; acute; aspergillosis; case ... See more keywords
Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis caused by Aspergillus terreus diagnosed using virtual bronchoscopic navigation and endobronchial ultrasonography with guide sheath and successfully treated with liposomal amphotericin B
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DOI: 10.1007/s15010-020-01545-x
Abstract: Invasive aspergillosis is a significant cause of mortality in patients with hematological malignancy. Early diagnosis of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) by bronchoscopy is recommended but is often difficult to perform because of small lesion size… read more here.
Keywords: aspergillosis; pulmonary aspergillosis; virtual bronchoscopic; invasive pulmonary ... See more keywords
Pulmonary Aspergillosis: An Evolving Challenge for Diagnosis and Treatment
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DOI: 10.1007/s40121-020-00315-4
Abstract: 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. Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis is an infection with a locally… read more here.
Keywords: aspergillosis evolving; diagnosis; pulmonary aspergillosis; aspergillosis ... See more keywords
COVID-19 associated pulmonary aspergillosis (CAPA): An added potential burden on India's pre-existing fungal superinfection
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cegh.2021.100960
Abstract: The ongoing pandemic that initiated in Wuhan, China, has been an international public health emergency since January 2020. India has been battling a brutal COVID-19's second wave since April 2021. The healthcare system was struggling… read more here.
Keywords: associated pulmonary; covid; aspergillosis; india ... See more keywords
Higher mortality of severe influenza patients with probable aspergillosis than those with and without other coinfections.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jfma.2017.06.002
Abstract: BACKGROUND/PURPOSE Aspergillus-associated infection might comprise up to 23-29% of severe influenza patients from the community throughout stay in an intensive care unit (ICU). In Taiwan, cases of severe influenza with aspergillosis are increasingly reported. Therefore,… read more here.
Keywords: aspergillosis; severe influenza; probable aspergillosis; mortality ... See more keywords
Optimising the cut-off of the Bordier Aspergillus IgG ELISA for the diagnosis of chronic pulmonary aspergillosis.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2020.106021
Abstract: Aspergillus IgG detection is an essential tool in the diagnosis and treatment of chronic pulmonary aspergillosis (CPA), and is often positive in allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis and Aspergillus bronchitis. The Bordier ELISA had an 83.3% sensitivity… read more here.
Keywords: chronic pulmonary; diagnosis; pulmonary aspergillosis; aspergillosis ... See more keywords
Invasive aspergillosis in a patient with end stage renal disease
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DOI: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2017.06.006
Abstract: Invasive aspergillosis caused by A. Fumigatus, almost occurs in immunocompromised hosts and has a poor prognosis. We report a case of invasive Aspergillosis in a 15-year-old boy with ESRD. He was initially diagnosed as lobar… read more here.
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