Human fusariosis
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[Disseminated fusariosis during autologous stem cells transplant].
Fusarium is a filamentous brown fungus found in soil, on plants and outdoors responsible for localized or disseminated infections. Diagnosis is based on blood cultures and skin biopsy. Disseminated fusariosis is a rare and serious fungal infection, that occurs especially in neutropenic immunosuppressed patients. Treatment is difficult and mortality is estimated between 50 and 70% in adult patie...
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Invasive fungal infections are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised patients, such as subjects with hematological malignancies and patients who underwent to hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) or solid organ transplantation (SOT). Fusarium spp. cause a broad spectrum of infections in humans. Immunologically competent hosts show mainly localized skin infection...
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Cross-reactivity of Fusarium species with serum galactomannan antigen (GMI) test has been observed. We sought to evaluate if GMI could help to early diagnose invasive fusariosis and to monitor treatment response. We reviewed the records of all patients with invasive fusariosis between 2008 and 2012 in three Brazilian hospitals. We selected patients who had at least 1 GMI test within 2 days befo...
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1 Hospital Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP, Brasil. Autor correspondente: Guilherme Fleury Perini – Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Istituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa, Avenida Albert Einstein, 627/701, Bloco A – Morumbi – CEP: 05652-900 – São Paulo, SP, Brasil – Tel.: (11) 2151-8709 – E-mail: [email protected] Data de submissão: 2/8/2012 – Data de aceite: 24/2/2013 Figura 1. Tomogra...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Microbiology and Infection
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1198-743X
DOI: 10.1111/j.1470-9465.2004.00845.x