GuidelineEuropean journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology1997
Guidelines for the investigation of invasive fungal infections in haematological malignancy and solid organ transplantation. British Society for Medical Mycology.
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- Emerging fungal infections among children: A review on its clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and prevention.Journal of pharmacy & bioallied sciences · 2010Article
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- Treatment of fungal bioaerosols by a high-temperature, short-time process in a continuous-flow system.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2009Article
- Aspergillus endocarditis of the mitral valve in a lung-transplant patient.Texas Heart Institute journal · 2007Article
- Diagnostic strategy in cancer patients with acute respiratory failure.Intensive care medicine · 2006Review
- Syscan3, a kit for detection of anti-Candida antibodies for diagnosis of invasive candidiasis.Journal of clinical microbiology · 2005Article
- Contribution of (1->3)-beta-D-glucan chromogenic assay to diagnosis and therapeutic monitoring of invasive aspergillosis in neutropenic adult patients: a comparison with serial screening for circulating galactomannan.Journal of clinical microbiology · 2005Article
- Contribution of the Platelia Candida-specific antibody and antigen tests to early diagnosis of systemic Candida tropicalis infection in neutropenic adults.Journal of clinical microbiology · 2003Article
- The pulmonary physician in critical care 1: pulmonary investigations for acute respiratory failure.Thorax · 2002Review
- An overview of fungal infections.Drugs · 2001Review
- The cost of treating systemic fungal infections.Drugs · 2001Review
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Abstract
Invasive fungal infections are increasing in incidence and now affect as many as 50% of neutropenic/bone marrow transplant patients and 5 to 20% of solid organ transplant recipients. Unfortunately, many of the diagnostic tests available have a low sensitivity. The guidelines presented here have been produced by a working party of the British Society for Medical Mycology in an attempt to optimise the use of these tests. The yield of fungi from blood cultures can be increased by ensuring that at least 20 ml of blood are taken for aerobic culture, by using more than one method of blood culture, and by employing terminal subculture if continuous monitoring systems are used with a five-day incubation protocol. Skin lesions in febrile neutropenic patients should be biopsied and cultured for fungi. The detection of galactomannan in blood or urine is of value in diagnosing invasive aspergillosis only if tests are performed at least twice weekly in high-risk patients. Antigen detection tests for invasive candidiasis are less valuable. Computed tomography scanning is particularly valuable in diagnosing invasive pulmonary fungal infection when the chest radiograph is negative or shows only minimal changes. Bronchoalveolar lavage is most useful in patients with diffuse changes on computed tomography scan. The major advances in the diagnosis of invasive fungal infection in patients with haematological malignancy or solid organ transplantation have been in the use of imaging techniques, rather than in the development of new mycological methods in the routine laboratory.
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