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Muthu V, Agarwal R, Rudramurthy SM, Thangaraju D, Shevkani MR, Patel AK, Shastri PS, Tayade A, Bhandari S, Gella V, Savio J, Madan S, Hallur V, Maturu VN, Srinivasan A, Sethuraman N, Sibia RPS, Pujari S, Mehta R, Singhal T, Saxena P, Gupta V, Nagvekar V, Prayag P, Patel D, Xess I, Savaj P, Sehgal IS, Panda N, Rajagopal GD, Parwani RS, Patel K, Deshmukh A, Vyas A, Gandra RR, Sistla SK, Padaki PA, Ramar D, Panigrahi MK, Sarkar S, Rachagulla B, Vallandaramam P, Premachandran KP, Pawar S, Gugale P, Hosamani P, Dutt SN, Nair S, Kalpakkam H, Badhwar S, Kompella KK, Singla N, Navlakhe M, Prayag A, Singh G, Dhakecha P, Chakrabarti A. Prevalence of co-existent COVID-19-associated pulmonary aspergillosis (CAPA) and its impact on early mortality in patients with COVID-19-associated pulmonary mucormycosis (CAPM). Mycoses 2024; 67:e13745. [PMID: 38767273 DOI: 10.1111/myc.13745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2024] [Revised: 04/25/2024] [Accepted: 05/03/2024] [Indexed: 05/22/2024]
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BACKGROUND Data on mixed mould infection with COVID-19-associated pulmonary aspergillosis (CAPA) and COVID-19-associated pulmonary mucormycosis (CAPM) are sparse. OBJECTIVES To ascertain the prevalence of co-existent CAPA in CAPM (mixed mould infection) and whether mixed mould infection is associated with early mortality (≤7 days of diagnosis). METHODS We retrospectively analysed the data collected from 25 centres across India on COVID-19-associated mucormycosis. We included only CAPM and excluded subjects with disseminated or rhino-orbital mucormycosis. We defined co-existent CAPA if a respiratory specimen showed septate hyphae on smear, histopathology or culture grew Aspergillus spp. We also compare the demography, predisposing factors, severity of COVID-19, and management of CAPM patients with and without CAPA. Using a case-control design, we assess whether mixed mould infection (primary exposure) were associated with early mortality in CAPM. RESULTS We included 105 patients with CAPM. The prevalence of mixed mould infection was 20% (21/105). Patients with mixed mould infection experienced early mortality (9/21 [42.9%] vs. 15/84 [17.9%]; p = 0.02) and poorer survival at 6 weeks (7/21 [33.3] vs. 46/77 [59.7%]; p = 0.03) than CAPM alone. On imaging, consolidation was more commonly encountered with mixed mould infections than CAPM. Co-existent CAPA (odds ratio [95% confidence interval], 19.1 [2.62-139.1]) was independently associated with early mortality in CAPM after adjusting for hypoxemia during COVID-19 and other factors. CONCLUSION Coinfection of CAPA and CAPM was not uncommon in our CAPM patients and portends a worse prognosis. Prospective studies from different countries are required to know the impact of mixed mould infection.
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- Valliappan Muthu
- Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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- Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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- Asian Institute of Gastroenterology, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
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- St. John's Medical College and Hospital, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
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- Care Institute of Medical Sciences, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
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- Poona Hospital and Research Centre, Pune, Maharashtra, India
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- Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital and Medical Research Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Army Hospital (Research and Referral), New Delhi, India
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- City Clinic and Bhailal Amin General Hospital, Vadodara, Gujarat, India
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- Institute of Infectious Disease and Critical Care Hospital, Surat, Gujarat, India
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- Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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- Sawai Man Singh Medical College, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
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- Care Institute of Medical Sciences, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
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- All India Institute of Medical Science Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
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- Government Medical College, Patiala, Punjab, India
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- Poona Hospital and Research Centre, Pune, Maharashtra, India
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- Apollo Hospitals, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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- Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital and Medical Research Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Institute of Infectious Disease and Critical Care Hospital, Surat, Gujarat, India
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Kiconco P, Achan B, Sanya M, Najjingo I, Okeng A, Bwanga F. Pulmonary dimorphic fungal infections among HIV/AIDS non-TB patients with chronic cough in Kampala, Uganda. Mycoses 2024; 67:e13726. [PMID: 38644511 DOI: 10.1111/myc.13726] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2023] [Revised: 04/04/2024] [Accepted: 04/08/2024] [Indexed: 04/23/2024]
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INTRODUCTION Dimorphic fungi cause infection following the inhalation of spores into the pulmonary system. In the lower respiratory tract, the conidia transform into yeasts, which are engulfed by alveolar macrophages and may be destroyed without disease manifestation. However, in some immunocompromised individuals, they may persist and cause active fungal disease characterized by formation of granulomas in the infected tissues, which may mimic Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB). OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of pulmonary dimorphic fungal infections among HIV/AIDS patients with non-TB chronic cough at Mulago National Referral and Teaching Hospital in Kampala, Uganda. METHODS Sputum samples were collected from 175 consented HIV/AIDS patients attending the immuno-suppression syndrome (ISS) clinic at the hospital. Upon Xpert MTB/RIF sputum testing, 21 patients tested positive for MTB, and these were excluded from further analysis. The other 154 sputum negative samples were then subjected to PCR for dimorphic fungi at MBN Clinical Laboratories. Singleplex PCR was used to detect the target sequences in selected respective genes of each dimorphic fungal species of interest. DNA amplicons were detected based on gel electrophoresis. RESULTS Dimorphic fungi were detected in 16.2% (25/154) of the studied population. Of these 9.1% (14/154) had Blastomyces dermatitidis and 7.1% (11/154) had Talaromyces marneffei. The remaining 84% of the studied participants had no dimorphic fungi. Histoplasma capsulatum, Coccidioides immitis and Paracoccidioides brasiliensis were not detected in any of the participants. CONCLUSION Dimorphic fungi (B. dermatitidis and T. marneffei) were found in 16.2% of the HIV/AIDS patients with non-TB chronic cough in Kampala, Uganda. We recommend routine testing for these pathogens among HIV/AIDS patients with chronic cough.
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- Prossy Kiconco
- Department of Immunology and Molecular Biology, School of Biomedical Sciences, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda
- MBN Clinical Laboratories, Kampala, Uganda
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, School of Biomedical Sciences, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, School of Biomedical Sciences, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda
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- Department of Immunology and Molecular Biology, School of Biomedical Sciences, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda
- MBN Clinical Laboratories, Kampala, Uganda
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Bourne-Watrin M, Adenis A, Doppelt G, Zappa M, Epelboin L, Nacher M, Bigot J, Drak Alsibai K, Blaizot R, Blanchet D, Demar M, Guillot G, Djossou F, Couppié P. Pulmonary Histoplasmosis in People Living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus in French Guiana: Clinical Epidemiology, Medical Imaging and Prognostic. Mycopathologia 2023; 188:1065-1078. [PMID: 37839020 PMCID: PMC10687118 DOI: 10.1007/s11046-023-00799-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2023] [Accepted: 09/19/2023] [Indexed: 10/17/2023]
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BACKGROUND Histoplasmosis is mainly described as a disseminated disease in people living with HIV (PLHIV). Compared to historical descriptions in immunocompetent individuals, knowledge is lacking on the detailed clinical and radiological findings and outcomes of pulmonary histoplasmosis (PH). Overlooked or misdiagnosed with other AIDS-defining condition, prognostic of PLHIV may be at risk because of inappropriate care. METHODS A retrospective multicentric study was conducted in PLHIV from French Guiana between January 1988 and October 2019. Proven PH were documented through mycological direct examination, culture, or histology. Patients with concomitant respiratory infections were excluded. RESULTS Among 65 patients, sex ratio M:F was 2.4 with a median age of 39 years [IQR 25-75%: 34-44]. Median CD4 count was 24 cells/mm3 [11-71], with histoplasmosis as the AIDS-defining condition in 88% and concomitant AIDS-defining conditions in 29%. Clinical findings were fever (89%), cough (58%), dyspnea (35%), expectoration (14%), and hemoptysis (5%). Sixty-one X-rays and 24 CT-scans were performed. On X-rays, an interstitial lung disease was mainly found (77%). On CT-scans, a nodular pattern was predominant (83%): mostly miliary disease (63%), but also excavated nodules (35%). Consolidations were present in 46%, associated with miliary disease in 21%. Thoracic lymphadenopathies were found in 58%, mainly hilar and symmetric (33%). Despite antifungal treatment, case-fatality rate at one month was 22%. CONCLUSION When faced with an interstitial lung disease on X-rays or a miliary pattern on CT-scans in advanced PLHIV, physicians in endemic areas, apart from tuberculosis or pneumocystosis, should include histoplasmosis as part of their differential diagnoses.
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- Morgane Bourne-Watrin
- Service de Dermatologie-Vénérologie, Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne, Cayenne, France.
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- Centre d'Investigation Clinique Antilles Guyane, Inserm CIC 1424, Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne, Cayenne, France
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- Service de Radiologie, Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne, Cayenne, France
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- Service de Radiologie, Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne, Cayenne, France
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- Centre d'Investigation Clinique Antilles Guyane, Inserm CIC 1424, Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne, Cayenne, France
- Unité des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne, Cayenne, France
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- Centre d'Investigation Clinique Antilles Guyane, Inserm CIC 1424, Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne, Cayenne, France
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- Service de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Centre Hospitalier Saint Antoine APHP, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire d'Anatomie et Cytologie Pathologique, Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne, Cayenne, France
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- Service de Dermatologie-Vénérologie, Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne, Cayenne, France
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- Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne, Cayenne, France
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- Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne, Cayenne, France
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- Service de Médecine B, Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne, Cayenne, France
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- Unité des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne, Cayenne, France
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- Service de Dermatologie-Vénérologie, Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne, Cayenne, France
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Hong G. Progress and challenges in fungal lung disease in cystic fibrosis. Curr Opin Pulm Med 2022; 28:584-590. [PMID: 36101907 PMCID: PMC9547960 DOI: 10.1097/mcp.0000000000000921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW This review is an overview of the recent progress made for the diagnosis and understanding of fungal lung disease in people with cystic fibrosis (CF), with a focus on Aspergillus fumigatus , the most common filamentous fungus in the CF airway. Currently, the longstanding question of the clinical significance of Aspergillus fumigatus and other fungi in CF respiratory cultures, in the absence of allergy, remains. Clinical criteria and biomarkers are needed to classify fungal lung disease and determine who may warrant therapy. RECENT FINDINGS Several retrospective and prospective studies have described the prevalence of A. fumigatus and other fungi in the CF lung and factors contributing to the changes in fungal epidemiology. Selective fungus culture testing for the detection of fungi in CF sputa has been well studied, yet a standardized fungus culture protocol has yet to be defined. Culture-independent molecular studies and other fungal diagnostic testing have been conducted in the CF population, leading to efforts to better understand the clinical role of these tests. Recent works have aimed to determine whether chronic A. fumigatus colonization is associated with lung disease progression measured by FEV 1 percentage predicted, structural lung disease, lung clearance index and respiratory quality-of-life. However, the existing knowledge gaps remain: definition of a fungal respiratory infection, the association between fungal infection and clinical outcomes, and indications for antifungal therapy. SUMMARY Significant progress has been made for the detection and diagnosis of fungal lung disease. Yet, the role and impact of A. fumigatus and other fungal infections on respiratory health in people with CF remains to be determined.
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- Gina Hong
- Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Wang JW, Yang FF, Zhang CY, Lin JZ, Wang HX, Xu WJ. Imaging Characteristics of Invasive Pulmonary Fungal Infection Secondary to Hematological Diseases and Comparison before and after Treatment. J Healthc Eng 2021; 2021:3736108. [PMID: 34630984 PMCID: PMC8500768 DOI: 10.1155/2021/3736108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2021] [Accepted: 09/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Fungal infections have become crucial factors that threaten the prognosis and survival of blood disease patients. Here, we aim to analyze the epidemiological characteristics and early and advanced CT (computed tomography) manifestations of patients with invasive pulmonary fungal infections secondary to blood system diseases. 65 hospitalized patients from October 2018 to October 2020 with invasive pulmonary fungal infections secondary to blood diseases were enrolled. Blood diseases were recorded according to clinical and imaging data, and the serum galactomannan test (GM test) was conducted. Two senior radiologists analyzed the CT data and recorded the distribution of the lesions and CT signs. We analyzed and counted the first chest CT scan images of patients with nodule/mass type secondary to hematological diseases and invasive pulmonary fungal infection. The first CT nodules or mass-type lesions were statistically significant in nodule size, the number of lesions, distribution, and accompanying signs. Pulmonary fungal infection was common in both lungs during 7-day, 14-day, and 30-day follow-up CT. We also found that the nodular mass type was the main manifestation in the positive group of the GM test. Both the positive group and the negative group had the highest incidence of nodules. The incidence of air crescent signs in nodules or mass lesions in the positive group was higher than in the negative group, and the difference was statistically significant. To conclude, follow-up CT signs after antifungal treatment were highly sensitive to the early diagnosis of hematological diseases and secondary invasive pulmonary Eumycetes infection, which could be used for clinical treatment to provide help. GM test results were also related to CT manifestations such as air crescent sign, cavity, and halo sign.
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- Jun-Wei Wang
- Department of Radiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, No. 16 Jiangsu Road, Qingdao 266001, Shandong, China
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- Department of Nephrology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, No. 16 Jiangsu Road, Qingdao 266001, Shandong, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, No. 16 Jiangsu Road, Qingdao 266001, Shandong, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, No. 16 Jiangsu Road, Qingdao 266001, Shandong, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, No. 16 Jiangsu Road, Qingdao 266001, Shandong, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, No. 16 Jiangsu Road, Qingdao 266001, Shandong, China
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Intra J, Sarto C, Beck E, Tiberti N, Leoni V, Brambilla P. Bacterial and fungal colonization of the respiratory tract in COVID-19 patients should not be neglected. Am J Infect Control 2020; 48:1130-1131. [PMID: 32593810 PMCID: PMC7315146 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2020.06.185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2020] [Revised: 06/15/2020] [Accepted: 06/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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- Jari Intra
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Milano-Bicocca, Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale di Monza ASST-Monza, Desio Hospital, Desio, Italy.
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Milano-Bicocca, Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale di Monza ASST-Monza, Desio Hospital, Desio, Italy
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- Intensive Care Unit, Desio Hospital, Desio, Italy
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- Department of Infectious - Tropical Diseases and Microbiology, IRCCS Sacro Cuore, Don Calabria Hospital, Verona, Italy
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Milano-Bicocca, Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale di Monza ASST-Monza, Desio Hospital, Desio, Italy
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Milano-Bicocca, Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale di Monza ASST-Monza, Desio Hospital, Desio, Italy
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Donovan FM, Wightman P, Zong Y, Gabe L, Majeed A, Ynosencio T, Bedrick EJ, Galgiani JN. Delays in Coccidioidomycosis Diagnosis and Associated Healthcare Utilization, Tucson, Arizona, USA. Emerg Infect Dis 2020; 25:1745-1747. [PMID: 31441755 PMCID: PMC6711243 DOI: 10.3201/eid2509.190023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Tucson, Arizona, USA, is a highly coccidioidomycosis-endemic area. We conducted a retrospective review of 815 patients in Tucson over 2.7 years. Of 276 patients with coccidioidomycosis, 246 had a delay in diagnosis; median delay was 23 days. Diagnosis delay was associated with coccidioidomycosis-related costs totaling $589,053 and included extensive antibacterial drug use.
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Patel A, Kaur H, Xess I, Michael JS, Savio J, Rudramurthy S, Singh R, Shastri P, Umabala P, Sardana R, Kindo A, Capoor MR, Mohan S, Muthu V, Agarwal R, Chakrabarti A. A multicentre observational study on the epidemiology, risk factors, management and outcomes of mucormycosis in India. Clin Microbiol Infect 2019; 26:944.e9-944.e15. [PMID: 31811914 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2019.11.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 174] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2019] [Revised: 11/12/2019] [Accepted: 11/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To describe the epidemiology, management and outcome of individuals with mucormycosis; and to evaluate the risk factors associated with mortality. METHODS We conducted a prospective observational study involving consecutive individuals with proven mucormycosis across 12 centres from India. The demographic profile, microbiology, predisposing factors, management and 90-day mortality were recorded; risk factors for mortality were analysed. RESULTS We included 465 patients. Rhino-orbital mucormycosis was the most common (315/465, 67.7%) presentation followed by pulmonary (62/465, 13.3%), cutaneous (49/465, 10.5%), and others. The predisposing factors included diabetes mellitus (342/465, 73.5%), malignancy (42/465, 9.0%), transplant (36/465, 7.7%), and others. Rhizopus species (231/290, 79.7%) were the most common followed by Apophysomyces variabilis (23/290, 7.9%), and several rare Mucorales. Surgical treatment was performed in 62.2% (289/465) of the participants. Amphotericin B was the primary therapy in 81.9% (381/465), and posaconazole was used as combination therapy in 53 (11.4%) individuals. Antifungal therapy was inappropriate in 7.6% (30/394) of the individuals. The 90-day mortality rate was 52% (242/465). On multivariate analysis, disseminated and rhino-orbital (with cerebral extension) mucormycosis, shorter duration of symptoms, shorter duration of antifungal therapy, and treatment with amphotericin B deoxycholate (versus liposomal) were independent risk factors of mortality. A combined medical and surgical management was associated with a better survival. CONCLUSIONS Diabetes mellitus was the dominant predisposing factor in all forms of mucormycosis. Combined surgical and medical management was associated with better outcomes. Several gaps surfaced in the management of mucormycosis. The rarer Mucorales identified in the study warrant further evaluation.
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- A Patel
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Sterling Hospital, Ahmedabad, India; Department of Internal Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India
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- St John's Medical College Hospital, Bangalore, India
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- Department of Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Microbiology, JIPMER, Pondicherry, India
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- Intensive Care Medicine, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Microbiology, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, India
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- Department of Microbiology, Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Microbiology, Sri Ramachandra Medical College, Chennai, India
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- Vardhman Mahaveer Medical College and Safdarjang Hospital, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Microbiology, Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, India
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
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Ginn R, Mohty R, Bollmann K, Goodsell J, Mendez G, Bradley B, Galgiani JN. Delays in Coccidioidomycosis Diagnosis and Relationship to Healthcare Utilization, Phoenix, Arizona, USA 1. Emerg Infect Dis 2019; 25:1742-1744. [PMID: 31228403 PMCID: PMC6711213 DOI: 10.3201/eid2509.190019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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We developed an electronic records methodology to programmatically estimate the date of first appearance of coccidioidomycosis symptoms in patients. We compared the diagnostic delay with overall healthcare utilization charges. Many patients (46%) had delays in diagnosis of >1 month. Billed healthcare charges before diagnosis increased with length of delay.
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Ingham T, Keall M, Jones B, Aldridge DRT, Dowell AC, Davies C, Crane J, Draper JB, Bailey LO, Viggers H, Stanley TV, Leadbitter P, Latimer M, Howden-Chapman P. Damp mouldy housing and early childhood hospital admissions for acute respiratory infection: a case control study. Thorax 2019; 74:849-857. [PMID: 31413146 PMCID: PMC6824607 DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2018-212979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2019] [Revised: 06/17/2019] [Accepted: 06/24/2019] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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INTRODUCTION A gap exists in the literature regarding dose-response associations of objectively assessed housing quality measures, particularly dampness and mould, with hospitalisation for acute respiratory infection (ARI) among children. METHODS A prospective, unmatched case-control study was conducted in two paediatric wards and five general practice clinics in Wellington, New Zealand, over winter/spring 2011-2013. Children aged <2 years who were hospitalised for ARI (cases), and either seen in general practice with ARI not requiring admission or for routine immunisation (controls) were included in the study. Objective housing quality was assessed by independent building assessors, with the assessors blinded to outcome status, using the Respiratory Hazard Index (RHI), a 13-item scale of household quality factors, including an 8-item damp-mould subscale. The main outcome was case-control status. Adjusted ORs (aORs) of the association of housing quality measures with case-control status were estimated, along with the population attributable risk of eliminating dampness-mould on hospitalisation for ARI among New Zealand children. RESULTS 188 cases and 454 controls were studied. Higher levels of RHI were associated with elevated odds of hospitalisation (OR 1.11/unit increase (95% CI 1.01 to 1.21)), which weakened after adjustment for season, housing tenure, socioeconomic status and crowding (aOR 1.04/unit increase (95% CI 0.94 to 1.15)). The damp-mould index had a significant, adjusted dose-response relationship with ARI admission (aOR 1.15/unit increase (95% CI 1.02 to 1.30)). By addressing these harmful housing exposures, the rate of admission for ARI would be reduced by 19% or 1700 fewer admissions annually. CONCLUSIONS A dose-response relationship exists between housing quality measures, particularly dampness-mould, and young children's ARI hospitalisation rates. Initiatives to improve housing quality and to reduce dampness-mould would have a large impact on ARI hospitalisation.
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- Tristram Ingham
- Department of Medicine, University of Otago Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
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- Department of Public Health, University of Otago Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
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- Department of Medicine, University of Otago Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
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- Department of Medicine, University of Otago Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Otago Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
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- Tu Kotahi Māori Asthma Trust, Lower Hutt, New Zealand
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- Department of Medicine, University of Otago Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
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- Department of Medicine, University of Otago Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
- Tu Kotahi Māori Asthma Trust, Lower Hutt, New Zealand
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- Department of Public Health, University of Otago Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
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- Department of Paediatrics, University of Otago Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
- Department of Paediatrics, Capital and Coast District Health Board, Wellington, New Zealand
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- Department of Paediatrics, Hutt Valley District Health Board, Lower Hutt, New Zealand
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Hedayati MT, Tavakoli M, Maleki M, Heidari S, Mortezaee V, Gheisari M, Hassanzad M, Mirenayat MS, Mahdaviani SA, Pourabdollah M, Velayati AA, Vakili M, Abastabar M, Haghani I, Jafarzadeh J, Hedayati N, Seyedmousavi S, Alastruey-Izquierdo A. Fungal epidemiology in cystic fibrosis patients with a special focus on Scedosporium species complex. Microb Pathog 2019; 129:168-175. [PMID: 30742949 DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2019.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2019] [Revised: 02/05/2019] [Accepted: 02/05/2019] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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In this present study, for the first time, we evaluated the cystic fibrosis (CF) patients for the Scedosporium species and their antifungal susceptibility against eight antifungal agents. During one-year period, 90 Sputum samples were collected from Iranian CF patients. All samples were evaluated by direct microscopic examination, culture onto four different media including Malt extract agar, Inhibitory mold agar, Brain Heart Infusion and Scedo-Select III. The mold isolated fungi were identified by PCR-Sequencing of ITS and β-tubulin genes. In-vitro antifungal susceptibility was performed according to the Clinical & Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) M38-A2 guidelines. Out of 90 CF patients, 47 (52.2%) were male. The age of the patients ranged from 1 to 34 years (median of 15.84 ± 7.41 years). Overall, 3 (3.3%) cases were positive for Scedosporium spp. of which two isolates were characterized as Scedosporium boydii and one isolate as S. ellipsoideum. Among Aspergillus genus, A. flavus (29.4%) was the most prevalent species followed by A. tubingensis (24.7%), A. niger (17.0%) and A. fumigatus (14.5%). The minimum effective concentration ranges of micafungin, anidulafungin, and caspofungin were 0.008-0.031 μg/mL, 0.0625-0.25 μg/mL, and 0.0625-0.25 μg/mL, respectively. All isolates of Scedosporium species showed high minimum inhibitory concentration to the triazoles tested, except voriconazole. Our results showed that A. flavus and Scedosporium species are the most prevalent molds isolated from CF patient populations in Iran. Our findings have also showed that Scedo-Select III can be used as a reliable culture media for isolation of Scedosporium spp. in clinical samples.
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- Mohammad T Hedayati
- Invasive Fungi Research Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran; Department of Medical Mycology, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
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- Student Research Committee, Invasive Fungi Research Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
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- Student Research Committee, Invasive Fungi Research Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
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- Invasive Fungi Research Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
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- Student Research Committee, Invasive Fungi Research Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
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- Student Research Committee, Invasive Fungi Research Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
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- Pediatric Respiratory Diseases Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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- Lung Transplantation Research Center (LTRC), National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NIRTLD), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Pediatric Respiratory Diseases Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Pediatric Respiratory Diseases Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Mycobacteriology Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Student Research Committee, Invasive Fungi Research Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
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- Invasive Fungi Research Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran; Department of Medical Mycology, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
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- Invasive Fungi Research Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran; Department of Medical Mycology, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
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- Student Research Committee, Invasive Fungi Research Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
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- Student Research Committee, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
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- Invasive Fungi Research Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran; Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, USA; Medical Mycology Reference Laboratory, National Center for Microbiology, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Center of Expertise in Microbiology, Infection Biology and Antimicrobial Pharmacology, Tehran, Iran
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Amiri MRJ, Siami R, Khaledi A. Tuberculosis Status and Coinfection of Pulmonary Fungal Infections in Patients Referred to Reference Laboratory of Health Centers Ghaemshahr City during 2007-2017. Ethiop J Health Sci 2018; 28:683-690. [PMID: 30607084 PMCID: PMC6308747 DOI: 10.4314/ejhs.v28i6.2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2018] [Accepted: 06/11/2018] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Pulmonary tuberculosis is one of the most important health concerns. Pulmonary fungal infections have clinical and radiological characteristics similar to tuberculosis which may be easily misdiagnosed as tuberculosis. This study aimed to evaluate tuberculosis (TB) status and coinfection of TB with pulmonary fungal infections in patients referred to reference laboratory of health centers Ghaemshahr city during 2007-2017. METHODS This cross-sectional study was conducted during eleven years, between 2007-2017, on 3577 patients with suspected TB referred to health centers of Ghaemshahr City. For isolation, sputum smear preparation and Ziehl-Neelson staining in companying with microscopy direct observation and KOH 10% + white Calcofluor staining was used. The culture of fungi was performed on Sabouraud Dextrose agar, Czapek and chrome agar media. Then, data were analyzed using SPSS software (version 16) through Student's t-test, Fisher test, and Odds Ratio. P values <0.05 were considered statistically significant. RESULTS Of 3577 patients, 10731 smears were prepared, 3.6% (n=130) of patients were identified as smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis, 86.4% (n=3090) were smear negative and 10% (n=357) drug-resistant TB. The mean age of patients was 48±1.8 years. With increasing age, the prevalence of TB has increased which was statistically significant (P value <0.05). Prevalence of tuberculosis in the age group over than 57 years in males and females had an ascending trend. Amongst the positive tuberculosis patients, 16/130 cases (12.3%) had the coinfection of TB with fungi microorganisms. CONCLUSION Our findings showed the coinfection of fungi agents in patients with tuberculosis that should be considered.
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- Mohammad Reza Jabbari Amiri
- Department of Medical Mycology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
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- Infectious Diseases, Research Center, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, I.R. Iran
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, I.R. Iran
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Studemeister A, Studemeister L, Brun F. The role of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in severe pulmonary coccidioidomycosis. Heart Lung 2018; 47:261-263. [PMID: 29622277 DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2018.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2017] [Accepted: 02/16/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Severe coccidioidal pneumonia with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is associated with high mortality. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) has been applied successfully to other severe fungal pneumonia associated with ARDS. We review our experience with the use of ECMO in severe coccidioidal ARDS. OBJECTIVES To review indications and outcome of ECMO in severe pulmonary coccidioidomycosis. METHODS Three cases of severe ARDS caused by coccidioidomycosis are presented. All were managed with ECMO. Clinical course, complications, antifungal therapy and outcome are reviewed. RESULTS Three cases of severe coccidioidal ARDS survived after treatment with ECMO. Common complications included bacterial pneumonia, encephalopathy and critical illness myopathy. They received liposomal amphotericin during ECMO, and transitioned to azole therapy. All required prolonged hospitalization and rehabilitation. CONCLUSIONS ECMO was life-saving in cases of coccidioidal ARDS. Common complications included pneumonia, encephalopathy and critical illness myopathy. All cases were successfully managed with liposomal amphotericin followed by azole therapy. They required prolonged hospitalization and rehabilitation.
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- Alex Studemeister
- Department of Infection Prevention and Control, Regional Medical Center of San Jose, 225 North Jackson Ave, San Jose, CA 95116, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Santa Clara University, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95053, USA
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- Critical Care Medicine, Regional Medical Center of San Jose, 225 North Jackson Ave, San Jose, CA 95116, USA
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Molina-Morant D, Sánchez-Montalvá A, Salvador F, Sao-Avilés A, Molina I. Imported endemic mycoses in Spain: Evolution of hospitalized cases, clinical characteristics and correlation with migratory movements, 1997-2014. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2018; 12:e0006245. [PMID: 29447170 PMCID: PMC5831632 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2017] [Revised: 02/28/2018] [Accepted: 01/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Endemic mycoses are systemic fungal infections. Histoplasmosis is endemic in all temperate areas of the world; coccidioidomycosis and paracoccidioidomycosis are only present in the American continent. These pathogens are not present in Spain, but in the last years there has been an increase of reported cases due to migration and temporary movements. We obtained from the Spanish hospitals records clinical and demographic data of all hospitalized cases between 1997 and 2014. There were 286 cases of histoplasmosis, 94 of Coccidioidomycosis and 25 of paracoccidioidomycosis. Overall, histoplasmosis was strongly related to HIV infection, as well as with greater morbidity and mortality. For the other mycoses, we did not find any immunosuppressive condition in most of the cases. Although we were not able to obtain data about clinical presentation of all the cases, the most frequently found was pulmonary involvement. We also found a temporal correlation between the Spanish population born in endemic countries and the number of hospitalized cases along this period. This study reflects the importance of imported diseases in non-endemic countries due to migratory movements.
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- Daniel Molina-Morant
- Tropical Medicine Unit, Infectious Diseases Department. PROSICS Barcelona (International Health Program of the Catalan Health Institute), Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Tropical Medicine Unit, Infectious Diseases Department. PROSICS Barcelona (International Health Program of the Catalan Health Institute), Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Tropical Medicine Unit, Infectious Diseases Department. PROSICS Barcelona (International Health Program of the Catalan Health Institute), Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Tropical Medicine Unit, Infectious Diseases Department. PROSICS Barcelona (International Health Program of the Catalan Health Institute), Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Tropical Medicine Unit, Infectious Diseases Department. PROSICS Barcelona (International Health Program of the Catalan Health Institute), Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Schwarz C, Brandt C, Antweiler E, Krannich A, Staab D, Schmitt-Grohé S, Fischer R, Hartl D, Thronicke A, Tintelnot K. Prospective multicenter German study on pulmonary colonization with Scedosporium /Lomentospora species in cystic fibrosis: Epidemiology and new association factors. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0171485. [PMID: 28178337 PMCID: PMC5298894 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0171485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2016] [Accepted: 01/21/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Background An increasing rate of respiratory colonization and infection in cystic fibrosis (CF) is caused by fungi of the Scedosporium apiospermum species complex or Lomentospora prolificans (Sac-Lp). These fungi rank second among the filamentous fungi colonizing the CF airways, after Aspergillus fumigatus. However, the epidemiology, clinical relevance and risk of pulmonary colonization with Sac-Lp are rarely understood in CF. The objective of the present prospective multicenter study was to study pathogen distribution and determine association factors of pulmonary Sac-Lp colonization in patients with CF. Material and methods Clinical, microbiological and laboratory data of 161 patients aged 6–59 years with CF in Germany were analyzed for Sac-Lp distribution and association factors. The free statistical software R was utilized to investigate adjusted logistic regression models for association factors. Results Of the 161 patients included in the study, 74 (56%) were male. The median age of the study cohort was 23 years (interquartile range 13–32 years). 58 patients of the total cohort (36%) were < 18 years old. Adjusted multivariate regression analysis revealed that Sac-Lp colonization was associated with younger age (OR 0.8684, 95%CI: 0.7955–0.9480, p<0.005) and less colonization with H. influenzae (OR 0.0118, 95%CI: 0.0009–0.1585, p<0.001). In addition, Sac-Lp-colonized patients had more often allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) (OR 14.6663, 95%CI: 2.1873–98.3403, p<0.01) and have been colonized more often with the mucoid phenotype of Pseudomonas aeruginosa (OR 9.8941, 95%CI: 1.0518–93.0705, p<0.05). Conclusion Newly found association of ABPA and Pseudomonas revealed new probable risk factors for Sac-Lp colonization. Allergy might play a role in inducing immunologic host reactions which lead to a less effective response to species of Sac-Lp.
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- Carsten Schwarz
- Department of Pediatric Pneumology and Immunology, Cystic Fibrosis Center Berlin/Charité –Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Pneumology and Immunology, Cystic Fibrosis Center Berlin/Charité –Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Reference Laboratory for Cryptococcosis, Scedosporiosis and Imported Systemic Mycoses, FG 16, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
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- Biostatistics Unit, Berlin Institute of Health, Charité –Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Pneumology and Immunology, Cystic Fibrosis Center Berlin/Charité –Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Universitätsklinikum für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin Tübingen, Department of General Pediatrics, Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Pneumology and Immunology, Cystic Fibrosis Center Berlin/Charité –Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Reference Laboratory for Cryptococcosis, Scedosporiosis and Imported Systemic Mycoses, FG 16, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
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Yu LX, Zeng MX. [Pulmonary fungal infection after renal transplantation: analysis of 40 cases]. Nan Fang Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao 2016; 36:880-883. [PMID: 27320896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To explore the clinical characteristics, therapeutic measures and risk factors of pulmonary fungal infection in patients after renal transplantation. METHODS The clinical data of 176 patients receiving renal allograft transplantation with postoperative infections were retrospectively analyzed. Among the patients, 40 were diagnosed to have pulmonary fungal infection, and their clinical symptoms, signs, radiographic findings, pathogenic bacterial culture, histopathological examination, and treatments were analyzed. RESULTS The 40 recipients with postoperative pulmonary fungal infection included 25 male and 15 female patients with a mean age of 49 years. Twenty-eight of the patients developed pulmonary fungal infection within 6 months after transplantation. Positive pathogen cultivation was reported in 19 cases, and Candida albicans was detected in 11 cases, Candida krusei in 2 cases, Candida glabrata in 3 cases, Candida tropicalis in 1 case, aspergillosis in 1 case, and Candida mycoderma in 1 case. Twenty-four of out of the 40 cases were found to have co-infection. All the patients received antifungal drugs and adjuvant treatments, and 38 patients were cured and 2 died. CONCLUSION Pulmonary fungal infection often occurs within 6 months after renal transplantation. The most common fungal pathogen is Candida albicans, and the patients often had coinfections. Early diagnosis and timely intervention with antifungal drugs and comprehensive measures are critical in the management of pulmonary fungal infection following renal transplantation.
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- Li-Xin Yu
- Department of Organ Transplantation, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China. E-mail:
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In the United States, endemic mycoses--blastomycosis, coccidioidomycosis, and histoplasmosis--pose considerable clinical and public health challenges. Although the causative fungi typically exist within broadly defined geographic areas or ecologic niches, some evidence suggests that cases have occurred in humans and animals not exposed to these areas. We describe cases acquired outside regions of traditionally defined endemicity. These patients often have severe disease, but diagnosis may be delayed because of a low index of suspicion for mycotic disease, and many more cases probably go entirely undetected. Increased awareness of these diseases, with a specific focus on their potential occurrence in unusual areas, is needed. Continued interdisciplinary efforts to reevaluate and better describe areas of true endemicity are warranted, along with a more nuanced view of the notion of endemicity. The term "nonendemic" should be used with care; mycoses in such regions might more accurately be considered "not known to be endemic."
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Blair JE, Chang YHH, Cheng MR, Vaszar LT, Vikram HR, Orenstein R, Kusne S, Ho S, Seville MT, Parish JM. Characteristics of patients with mild to moderate primary pulmonary coccidioidomycosis. Emerg Infect Dis 2015; 20:983-90. [PMID: 24865953 PMCID: PMC4036774 DOI: 10.3201/eid2006.131842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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In Arizona, USA, primary pulmonary coccidioidomycosis accounts for 15%-29% of community-acquired pneumonia. To determine the evolution of symptoms and changes in laboratory values for patients with mild to moderate coccidioidomycosis during 2010-2012, we conducted a prospective 24-week study of patients with primary pulmonary coccidioidomycosis. Of the 36 patients, 16 (44%) were men and 33 (92%) were White. Median age was 53 years, and 20 (56%) had received antifungal treatment at baseline. Symptom scores were higher for patients who received treatment than for those who did not. Median times from symptom onset to 50% reduction and to complete resolution for patients in treatment and nontreatment groups were 9.9 and 9.1 weeks, and 18.7 and 17.8 weeks, respectively. Median times to full return to work were 8.4 and 5.7 weeks, respectively. One patient who received treatment experienced disseminated infection. For otherwise healthy adults with acute coccidioidomycosis, convalescence was prolonged, regardless of whether they received antifungal treatment.
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Mackiewicz B, Skórska C, Dutkiewicz J. Relationship between concentrations of microbiological agents in the air of agricultural settings and occurrence of work-related symptoms in exposed persons. Ann Agric Environ Med 2015; 22:473-477. [PMID: 26403118 DOI: 10.5604/12321966.1167717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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For assessment of the dose-response relationship between concentrations of microbial agents in the air of various agricultural settings and occurrence of work-related symptoms in exposed workers, a meta-analysis of the results obtained in 1994-2007 on the territory of eastern Poland was performed. The studies on the airborne concentrations of total culturable microorganisms, mesophilic bacteria, Gram-negative bacteria, thermophilic actinomycetes, fungi, and bacterial endotoxins, as well as on the frequency of work-related respiratory and general symptoms in the exposed workers, were carried out at grain, thyme, valerian, flax, and hop handling on farms, in cow barns, piggeries, horse stables and in a modern hatchery. The airborne concentrations of the total microorganisms were in the range of 9.2-1236.5 × 10(3) CFU/m(3) , of the total mesophilic bacteria 3.5-1225.8 × 10(3) CFU/m(3) , of Gram-negative bacteria 0.0- 46.2 × 10(3) CFU/m(3) , of thermophilic actinomycetes 0.0-7.1 × 10(3) CFU/m(3) , of fungi 2.1-77.9 × 10(3) CFU/m(3) , and of bacterial endotoxin 0.00925-429.55 µg/m(3) . The frequency of work-related symptoms ranged between 21.7-63.8%. In a meta-analysis for assessment of the correlations between the log-transformed concentrations of airborne microbial agents and the occurrence of work-related symptoms, the multiple regression test was applied. Statistically significant correlations were found between the occurrence of work-related symptoms and the concentration of total airborne microorganisms (R=0.748555; P=0.020317), mesophilic bacteria (R=0.7573; P=0.029548), Gram-negative bacteria (R=0.835938; P=0.019129), and endotoxins (R=0.705356; P=0.03378). The correlations between the concentrations of thermophilic actinomycetes and fungi, on one side, and frequency of work-related symptoms on the other, did not attain the threshold of significance (P=0.087049 and P=0.062963, respectively). Results of the meta-analysis confirm harmful health effects of the total airborne microorganisms, total airborne mesophilic bacteria, airborne Gram-negative bacteria, and airborne bacterial endotoxin on the occupationally-exposed agricultural workers, and indicate a need for the establishment of internationally recognized occupational exposure limits for these microbial agents.
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- Barbara Mackiewicz
- Department of Pneumonology, Oncology and Allergology, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland
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- Department of Biological Health Hazards and Parasitology, Institute of Rural Health, Lublin, Poland
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- Department of Biological Health Hazards and Parasitology, Institute of Rural Health, Lublin, Poland
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Yan X, Zong F, Zhao X, Sun K, Jin L, Wang J, Kong H, Xie W. [Analysis of pathogenic spectrum and risk factors in 165 non-transplant patients with invasive fungal disease]. Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi 2014; 37:487-491. [PMID: 25262687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To describe the clinical characteristics of and risk factors for invasive fungal disease, and therefore to improve the early diagnosis and treatment of fungal infections. METHODS The clinical data of invasive fungal disease in 165 patients without transplantation from 2006 to 2012 in the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University were retrospectively analyzed. The diagnosis was based on the following guidelines: diagnosis and treatment guidelines of critically ill patients with invasive fungal infection (2007), diagnostic criteria and treatment principle of invasive fungal infection in patients with hematopathy/malignant tumors (fourth edition, 2013), diagnostic criteria and treatment principle of invasive pulmonary fungal infection (draft, 2006). RESULTS Invasive fungal disease was mostly diagnosed in the respiratory department (31.5%). The major pathogens were cryptococcus (48.3%), aspergillus (31.7%) and followed by mucor (5.9%). The most common symptoms included cough, haemoptysis, and fever. Radiological Findings were non-specific, nodules or opacities being more common as compared to classical aspergilloma, halo sign, and crescent sign. The most common underlying diseases were diabetes (15.8%), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (13.3%), and malignant hematological disease (10.3%). Moreover, 66.1% cases of invasive fungal disease were accompanied by one or more risk factors (eg. administration of antibiotics more than 7 days, invasive operations, and therapy with long-term glucocorticoids or immunosuppressant drugs). The mortality of invasive fungal disease with more than 2 risk factors was 10.6%. CONCLUSIONS The most common pathogens of invasive fungal disease in non-transplant patients were cryptococcus, aspergillus and mucor. The lung and the brain were the mostly involved organs. Compared to cryptococcus, invasive fungal disease caused by other fungal pathogens mainly occurred in patients with serious underlying diseases and risk factors.
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- Xiaopei Yan
- Department of Respiration, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Respiration, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Respiration, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Respiration, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Respiration, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Respiration, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Respiration, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Respiration, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China.
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Ok Atılgan A, Özdemir BH, Kırnap M, Akdur A, Yılmaz Akçay E, Akar Özkan E, Haberal M. Invasive fungal infections in liver transplant recipients. EXP CLIN TRANSPLANT 2014; 12 Suppl 1:110-116. [PMID: 24635806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVES We sought to assess the incidence of invasive fungal infections and identify the risk factors and outcome of invasive fungal infections in liver transplant recipient. MATERIALS AND METHODS A retrospective analysis was made of 408 patients who received a liver transplant between January 1990 to December 2012 at Baskent University in Ankara, Turkey. Only 305 of 408 patients were included. Demographic and clinical findings were reviewed, and these findings were compared between patients with or without invasive fungal infections. RESULTS Ten of 408 liver transplant patients (2.5%) developed invasive fungal infections. Aspergillus was the most common cause of invasive fungal infections (n=8), followed by Candida (n=1), and Cryptococcus neoformans (n=1). Pulmonary involvement was dominant in all patients (n=10), and only 1 patient had disseminated fungal infection (cryptococcosis). The mean time from transplant to invasive fungal infection diagnosis was 32 ± 19.2 days. Most patients with invasive fungal infection (9/10) died. Mean survival time between diagnosis of fungal infection and death was 24.2 ± 27.3 days in all 10 patients. Fungal infections occurred significantly more frequently in patients with older transplant age, diabetes mellitus, cytomegalovirus infection, renal insufficiency. In addition, other risk factors included long stays in the surgical intensive care unit, the overall length of stay in hospital, and having preoperative high creatinine level. CONCLUSIONS Invasive fungal infections were associated with increased morbidity and mortality among liver transplant recipients, with Aspergillus spp. being the most common pathogen in our series. Because of its high mortality rate, it is important to follow up transplant patients for the development of invasive fungal infections.
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- Alev Ok Atılgan
- Department of Pathology, Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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Liu X, Han X, Qu Y, Wei D, Ge Y, Zhao W. Three cases of invasive tracheobronchial aspergillosis. Chin Med J (Engl) 2014; 127:196. [PMID: 24384452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023] Open
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- Xuedong Liu
- Department of Respiratory Diseases, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Qingdao, Shandong 266011, China.
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- Department of Respiratory Diseases, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Qingdao, Shandong 266011, China
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- Department of Respiratory Diseases, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Qingdao, Shandong 266011, China
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- Department of Respiratory Diseases, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Qingdao, Shandong 266011, China
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- Department of Respiratory Diseases, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Qingdao, Shandong 266011, China
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- Department of Respiratory Diseases, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Qingdao, Shandong 266011, China
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Garnacho-Montero J, Olaechea P, Alvarez-Lerma F, Alvarez-Rocha L, Blanquer J, Galván B, Rodriguez A, Zaragoza R, Aguado JM, Mensa J, Solé A, Barberán J. Epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment of fungal respiratory infections in the critically ill patient. Rev Esp Quimioter 2013; 26:173-188. [PMID: 23817660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To elaborate practical recommendations based on scientific evidence, when available, or on expert opinions for the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of fungal respiratory infections in the critically ill patient, including solid organ transplant recipients. METHODS Twelve experts from two scientific societies (The Spanish Society for Chemotherapy and The Spanish Society of Intensive Care and Coronary Units) reviewed in a meeting held in March 2012 epidemiological issues and risk factors as basis for a document about prevention, diagnosis and treatment of respiratory fungal infections caused by Candida spp., Aspergillus spp or Zygomycetes. RESULTS Despite the frequent isolation of Candida spp. from respiratory tract samples, antifungal treatment is not recommended since pneumonia by this fungal species is exceptional in non-neutropenic patients. In the case of Aspergillus spp., approximately 50% isolates from the ICU represent colonization, and the remaining 50% cases are linked to invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA), an infection of high mortality. Main risk factors for invasive disease in the ICU are previous treatment with steroids and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Collection of BAL sample is recommended for culture and galactomannan determination. Voriconazole and liposomal amphotericin B have the indication as primary therapy while caspofungin has the indication as salvage therapy. Although there is no solid data supporting scientific evidence, the group of experts recommends combination therapy in the critically ill patient with sepsis or severe respiratory failure. Zygomycetes cause respiratory infection mainly in neutropenic patients, and liposomal amphotericin B is the elective therapy. CONCLUSIONS Presence of fungi in respiratory samples from critically ill patients drives to different diagnostic and clinical management approaches. IPA is the most frequent infection and with high mortality.
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- José Garnacho-Montero
- Critical Care and Emergency Clinical Unit, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Avda. Manuel Siurot s/n, 41013 Sevilla, Spain.
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Ourari-Dhahri B, Ben Amar J, El Gharbi L, Baccar MA, Azzabi S, Aouina H, Bouacha H. [Lung mycosis in non neuropenic patients]. J Mycol Med 2013; 22:217-20. [PMID: 23518077 DOI: 10.1016/j.mycmed.2012.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2012] [Revised: 04/24/2012] [Accepted: 05/03/2012] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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UNLABELLED Lung mycosis is rare. Diagnosis and treatment must be done the earliest possible. METHODS It is about a retrospective study on clinical records including patients hospitalized for lung infection. RESULTS From 2008 to 2011, 16 patients (13 men and three women, average age 42 years) developed a pulmonary infection. Twelve of our patients had respiratory or extrarespiratory histories. None of our patients had a neutropenia. The diagnoses were lung aspergilloma in four cases, invasive lung aspergillosis in three cases, allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis in three cases, mucormycosis in three cases, trichosporonosis in a case, actinomycosis in one case and penicilliosis in one case. An antifungal treatment consisting in amphotericin B or itraconazole was given to four patients and six patients, respectively. Surgery was chosen for six patients. The evolution was good for 12 patients, one presented renal failure, and three patients died.
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- B Ourari-Dhahri
- Service de pneumologie, faculté de médecine de Tunis, université Tunis El Manar, centre hospitalo-universitaire Charles-Nicolle, Bab Saadoun, 1106 Tunis, Tunisie
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Deng H, You Y, Liu P, Zhao H, Zhou Y, Xie Y, Zuo X. [Clinical study of invasive fungal infection secondary to systemic lupus erythematosus]. Zhong Nan Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban 2013; 38:182-185. [PMID: 23456067 DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1672-7347.2013.02.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To study the clinical characteristics of invasive fungal infection secondary to systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). METHODS We observed the clinical features and experimental examination in 91 patients treated in Xiangya Hospital in recent years, of which 48 patients with invasive fungal infection and 41 patients without invasive fungal infection. RESULTS The invasive fungal infection secondary to SLE mainly occurred in the lungs, nervous system, and urinary system. The fungi were mainly Candida albins and Aspergillus. The rate of invasive fungal infection in SLE patients and the level of CRP and TNF-α in these patients were significantly increased. The occurrence of invasive fungal infection was positively correlated with the prolonged course of disease, long-term use of immunosuppressants and antibiotics, and occurrence of complications, such as hypoproteinemia, leukocytopenia, and so on. The levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) and tumor necrosis factor-α(TNF-α) were increased in SLE patients with invasive fungal infection. CONCLUSION The clinical features of SLE patients with invasive fungal infections are long course of disease, long-time use of immunosuppressants or antibiotics, and occurrence of complications, such as hypoproteinemia or leukopenia. The level of CRP and TNF-α can be used as an important reference index for diagnosing invasive fungal infections.
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- Hongxiang Deng
- Department of Rheumatology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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Mease L. Pulmonary and extrapulmonary coccidioidomycosis, active component, U.S. Armed Forces, 1999-2011. MSMR 2012; 19:2-4. [PMID: 23311328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Coccidioidomycosis is an infection caused by inhalation of Coccidioides species of fungi, which grow in the soil of the southwestern United States. Many thousands of military service members are assigned to, or perform training in, the endemic region. During the 13 years 1999 through 2011, 483 active component service members were diagnosed with coccidioidomycosis (rate: 2.69 cases per 100,000 person-years). Twelve percent of all diagnoses specified extrapulmonary infection, indicating dissemination to other organ systems (e.g., skin, skeleton, or central nervous system). Service members of Asian/Pacific Islander race had markedly higher incidence rates of coccidioidomycosis, particularly extrapulmonary disease, compared to members of other racial/ethnic groups. Crude incidence rates of coccidioidomycosis in service members older than 40 and males were higher than the rates of their respective counterparts. Preventive strategies to reduce exposure to this environmental pathogen are discussed.
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DiNicola AF, Snow WH, Bahadori AH, Bingamon TW, Garner S, Montalvo R. RE: histopathological documented cryptococcal lung lesion associated with diabetes mellitus and dental abscess. Mil Med 2012; 177:vii. [PMID: 23113433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023] Open
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Tiraboschi I, Bravo M, Fernández N, Stecher D, Melero M, Lasala M. [Mucormycosis. An emergent mycosis]. Medicina (B Aires) 2012; 72:23-27. [PMID: 22257452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023] Open
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Mucormycosis is an opportunistic infection caused by fungi of the order Mucorales. It is characterized by rapid progression and high morbidity and mortality in the absence of early diagnosis and prompt treatment. It was an infrequent disease, but in recent years, its incidence appears to have increased. The aim of this paper is to report the cases of mucormycosis diagnosed from 1982 to 2010 at the Hospital de Clinicas José de San Martín, University of Buenos Aires. We diagnosed 10 cases of mucormycosis; the first three between 1982 and 2004 and the last 7 between 2005 and 2010. The incidence from 1980 to 2004 was 0.13 patient-years and the frequency 0.1/10 000 discharges (95% CI 0.00- 0.3). In the period 2005 to 2010, the incidence was 0.86 patients per year with 1.1/10 000 discharges (95% CI 0.5-2.4). There was a pulmonary mucormycosis case (in a patient treated with corticosteroids) and nine rhinocerebral cases, two in neutropenic and seven in diabetic patients. The diagnosis was made by observation of cenocytic hyphae in 10/10 patients. Mucorales were recovered in 8/9 cultures (5 Rhizopus spp and 3 Mucor spp.). In one case diagnosis of pulmonary mucormycosis was made post-mortem. Nine patients were treated with amphotericin B deoxycholate (in 3 patients supplemented with liposomal amphotericin B) and surgery. Three patients underwent hyperbaric chamber. Seven patients had favorable outcome. In conclusion, mucormycosis is a rare disease, but its incidence has increased over the past five years. A good evolution of the patients is linked to early diagnosis and treatment.
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- Iris Tiraboschi
- División Infectología, Hospital de Clínicas José de San Martín, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Arda B, Erdem A, Sipahi OR, Işıkgöz Taşbakan M, Pullukçu H, Taşbakan MS, Ceylan N, Metin DY, Midilli R, Yamazhan T, Ulusoy S. [Mucormycosis: retrospective evaluation of 12 cases]. MIKROBIYOL BUL 2011; 45:504-511. [PMID: 21935783] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Mucormycosis is a rare and often fatal invasive fungal infection. Disseminated or pulmonary forms are common in patients with immune deficiency while rhinocerebral form is common in diabetes mellitus. The aim of this study was to evaluate retrospectively the adult mucormycosis cases which were followed up in our hospital between 2007-2010. The cases were evaluated in terms of demographic characteristics, underlying diseases, laboratory, clinical and treatment results. A total of 12 mucormycosis cases (6 were male; age range: 18-74 years; mean age: 50.83 ± 18.27 years) were evaluated. Ten of the 12 cases had definitive diagnosis of invasive fungal infection according to EORTC/MSG (European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer/Mycoses Study Group) criteria whereas two had possible mucormycosis. Six cases had rhinoorbital, four had rhinocerabral, one had pulmonary and one had rhinocerebral and pulmonary mucormycosis. Fever (n= 10; 83%), edema in face (n= 8; 67%) and eyes (n= 6; 50%) were the most common symptoms and findings. Mycologic culture was performed in ten cases and was found positive in five cases (four cases had Rhizopus spp. one case had Mucor). In two cases direct microscopy revealed mycelium but culture did not yield any pathogen. Two cases had concomitant Aspergillus spp. growth. Overall mortality rate was determined as 50% (6/12). All of the cases received antifungal therapy (liposomal amphotericin B and posaconazole or itraconazole), however, surgical intervention was applied to five cases. Mean duration of antifungal treatment was 60.8 ± 47.4 days. Mortality rate was lower in cases who received concomitant surgical therapy, but the difference was not found statistically significant (2/5 vs. 4/7, p> 0.05). Hematologic diseases (n= 6) and diabetes mellitus (n= 3) were the most common underlying diseases in mucormycosis cases. Voriconazole prophylaxis applied to three cases with hematologic diseases was detected as a risk factor. Development of mucormycosis in those cases who were under voriconazole prophylaxis, deserves attention. Since this is the largest 3-years series of adult mucormycosis cases reported from a single center and includes the first cases treated with posaconazole, the results of this evaluation may aid to the management of patients with mucormycosis.
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- Bilgin Arda
- Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, İzmir, Turkey
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Mortensen KL, Jensen RH, Johansen HK, Skov M, Pressler T, Howard SJ, Leatherbarrow H, Mellado E, Arendrup MC. Aspergillus species and other molds in respiratory samples from patients with cystic fibrosis: a laboratory-based study with focus on Aspergillus fumigatus azole resistance. J Clin Microbiol 2011; 49:2243-51. [PMID: 21508152 PMCID: PMC3122734 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.00213-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 145] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2011] [Accepted: 04/11/2011] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Respiratory tract colonization by molds in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) were analyzed, with particular focus on the frequency, genotype, and underlying mechanism of azole resistance among Aspergillus fumigatus isolates. Clinical and demographic data were also analyzed. A total of 3,336 respiratory samples from 287 CF patients were collected during two 6-month periods in 2007 and 2009. Azole resistance was detected using an itraconazole screening agar (4 mg/liter) and the EUCAST method. cyp51A gene sequencing and microsatellite genotyping were performed for isolates from patients harboring azole-resistant A. fumigatus. Aspergillus spp. were present in 145 patients (51%), of whom 63 (22%) were persistently colonized. Twelve patients (4%) harbored other molds. Persistently colonized patients were older, provided more samples, and more often had a chronic bacterial infection. Six of 133 patients (4.5%) harbored azole-nonsusceptible or -resistant A. fumigatus isolates, and five of those six patients had isolates with Cyp51A alterations (M220K, tandem repeat [TR]/L98H, TR/L98H-S297T-F495I, M220I-V101F, and Y431C). All six patients were previously exposed to azoles. Genotyping revealed (i) microevolution for A. fumigatus isolates received consecutively over the 2-year period, (ii) susceptible and resistant isolates (not involving TR/L98H isolates) with identical or very closely related genotypes (two patients), and (iii) two related susceptible isolates and a third unrelated resistant isolate with a unique genotype and the TR/L98H resistance combination (one patient). Aspergilli were frequently found in Danish CF patients, with 4.5% of the A. fumigatus isolates being azole nonsusceptible or resistant. Genotyping suggested selection of resistance in the patient as well as resistance being achieved in the environment.
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- Klaus Leth Mortensen
- Mycology Unit, Department of Microbiological Surveillance and Research, Statens Serum Institut, Artillerivej 5, DK-2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark.
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Baumgardner DJ, Temte JL, Gutowski E, Agger WA, Bailey H, Burmester JK, Banerjee I. The differential diagnosis of pulmonary blastomycosis using case vignettes: a Wisconsin Network for Health Research (WiNHR) study. WMJ 2011; 110:68-73. [PMID: 21560560 PMCID: PMC3311127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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PURPOSE Pulmonary blastomycosis is an uncommon but serious fungal infection endemic in Wisconsin. Clinician awareness of the protean presentations of this disease may reduce diagnostic delay. This study addressed the diagnostic accuracy of physicians responding to case vignettes of pulmonary blastomycosis and the primary care differential diagnosis of this disease. METHODS Eight pulmonary blastomycosis cases were developed from case files. From these, 2 vignettes were randomly selected and mailed to primary care physicians in the Wisconsin Network for Health Research. Respondents were asked to list the 3 most likely diagnoses for each case. RESULTS Respondents listed Blastomycosis as the most likely diagnosis for 37/227 (16%) case vignettes, and 1 of the 3 most likely diagnoses for 43/227 (19%). When vignettes included patient activity in counties with an annual incidence rate of blastomycosis greater than 2/100,000, compared to counties with lower incidence rates, diagnosis was more accurate (28/61 [46%] vs 15/166 [9%]; P<0.001). Physicians with practice locations in counties with annual blastomycosis incidence rates >2/100,000 listed blastomycosis more commonly than physicians from other counties (16/36 [44%] vs 27/177 [15%]; P<0.001). This difference in accurate diagnosis remained significant in a multivariate model of practice demographics. Based on responses to the vignettes, pneumonia, cancer, non-infectious pulmonary disease, and tuberculosis emerged as the most-frequently noted diagnosis in the differential diagnosis of blastomycosis. CONCLUSION Blastomycosis was not listed as 1of 3 primary diagnoses in a majority of cases when Wisconsin primary care physicians considered case vignettes of actual pulmonary blastomycosis cases. Diagnosis was more accurate if the patient vignette listed exposure to a higher incidence county, or if the physician practiced in a higher incidence county. In Wisconsin, failure to include blastomycosis in the differential diagnoses of illnesses associated with a wide variety of pulmonary symptoms suspected to represent infectious or non-infectious pulmonary, cardiac, or neoplastic disease, regardless of geographic exposure, could result in excess morbidity or mortality.
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- Dennis J Baumgardner
- Department of Family Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Milwaukee, USA.
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Liu YN, She DY, Sun TY, Tong ZH, He B, Xiao Y, He LX, Qu JM, Liu XQ, Li ER, Chen P, Ma ZS, Shi Y, Feng YL, Jiang SJ, Xiong SD, Hu CP. [A multicentre retrospective study of pulmonary mycosis clinically proven from 1998 to 2007]. Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi 2011; 34:86-90. [PMID: 21426723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the pathogens, clinical manifestations, prognosis of and the risk factors for pulmonary mycosis in China. METHODS All cases of pulmonary mycosis from 16 centers in 10 cities from Jan. 1998 to Dec. 2007 that met the diagnostic criteria were included for clinical, microbiological and radiological analysis. RESULTS Totally 474 cases of pulmonary mycosis were retrieved. The top 5 pulmonary mycosis was pulmonary aspergillosis (180 cases, 37.9%), pulmonary candidiasis (162 cases, 34.2%), pulmonary cryptococcosis (74 cases, 15.6%), pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (23 cases, 4.8%) and pulmonary mucormycosis (10 cases, 2.1%). The constituent ratio in the last 3 years was similar to that in the former 7 years. The main pathogens of pulmonary candidiasis were Candida albicans (308/474, 65.0%) and Candida tropicalis (57/474, 12.0%), which were sensitive to common azoles. Compared with bacterial pneumonia, pulmonary mycosis showed more symptoms of hemoptysis (147/474, 31.0%) and pleural effusion (95/474, 20.0%), and less radiological specificity. Classical halo sign (4/474, 0.8%) and crescentic sign (17/474, 3.6%) were only shown in several cases of pulmonary mycosis. The most common underlying diseases were tumor (including solid tumor and malignant hematological diseases) (94/474, 19.8%), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (52/474, 11.0%), pulmonary tuberculosis (50/474, 10.5%) and diabetes (48/474, 10.1%). Compared with the other common pulmonary mycosis, pulmonary cryptococcosis affected younger patients, and more cases were community-acquired, but fewer cases with underlining diseases or compromised immune function, and had a better prognosis. CONCLUSION The ahead five species of pulmonary mycosis in China were orderly pulmonary aspergillosis, pulmonary candidosis, pulmonary cryptococcosis, pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and pulmonary mucormycosis. The main pathogens of pulmonary candidosis were Candida albicans and Candida tropicalis, which were sensitive to common azoles. Compared with the other common pulmonary mycosis, pulmonary cryptococcosis catch younger patients, had more community-acquired cases, and had better prognosis.
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- You-Ning Liu
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, the General Hospital of Chinese People's Liberation Army, Beijing 100853, China.
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Gao JB, Zhang YG, Yue SW, Li HJ, Ning PG, Guo H, Xiao HJ. Analysis on the imaging features of AIDS with pulmonary fungal infection. Chin Med J (Engl) 2010; 123:3583-3586. [PMID: 22166635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Pulmonary fungal infection is one type of the common opportunistic infections in AIDS patients. The disease is hard to diagnose because of its complicated imaging features. The objective of this study was to investigate the imaging performance characteristics of pulmonary fungal infection in AIDS patients. METHODS Fifty-one patients with AIDS complicated with pulmonary fungal infection and 56 patients of non-AIDS with pulmonary fungal infection were examined by CT scans and high-resolution CT scans. The contrast enhanced scans were performed in patients with the mass or suspected enlarged mediastinal lymph nodes. Results were compared between the two groups. RESULTS The most common fungal infection in the two groups of patients was Candida albicans. The infection rates were 54.8% (28 cases) in the group (AIDS patients with pulmonary fungal infection) and 58.3% (32 cases) in another group (non-AIDS patients with pulmonary fungal infection). In the two groups, the difference in diffuse distribution and the difference in incidence of affected upper and lower lobes in the bilateral lung fields were statistically significant. The differences in patchy or large consolidation shadow, cavitas, enlarged lymph nodes in mediastinum and pleural effusion were also significant when comparing the two groups. CONCLUSIONS The lesion in most of AIDS patients with pulmonary fungal infection tends to exhibit diffuse distribution, patchy or large consolidation shadow covering a more extensive region. The differences between AIDS with pulmonary fungal infection and non-AIDS with pulmonary fungal infection are statistically significant in lesion location and complicated imaging features. The most common fungal infection in AIDS patients is Candida albicans.
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- Jian-Bo Gao
- Department of Radiology, the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450052, China
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Cavrić G, Mihalić SN, Tesanović SJ, Dvorsćak MB, Erceg G, Krkusek MR, Bartolek D, Jurić K, Nassabain K, Budimir I. Relationship between polymorphonuclear leukocyte count in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and bacterial content in Gram's stain and bacterial content in final microbiological report. Coll Antropol 2010; 34:1-6. [PMID: 20437633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Eighty samples of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) were obtained from the total of 48 patients (22 females and 26 males) and analyzed. Eighteen of those patients were organ transplant recipients. The relationship between polymorphonuclear leukocyte (PMN) count in direct sample and semi quantitative Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacterial content were analyzed in BALF samples. PMN count in direct sample and Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacterial content of the final microbiological report was compared as well. On the total number of samples PMN count in direct samples of BALF was statistically significant regarding the presence of Gram-positive bacteria in the same sample; it was nearly significant regarding the presence of Gram-negative bacteria; and it was statistically significant for the total bacterial content. If BALF samples are divided into those obtained from organ-transplant and those obtained from non-organ-transplant patients, positive, statistically significant relationship is found in the organ-transplant group, more specifically for the relationship between PMNs and total bacterial content. When PMN count in direct microbiological sample was compared with the results of the final microbiological report, statistically significant relationship was found neither with respect to all BALF samples, nor after dividing them into "organ-transplant" and "non-organ-transplant" group. We did not find differences caused by gender.
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- Gordana Cavrić
- Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital "Merkur", Zagreb, Croatia.
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Tan XJ, Meng FY, Qin JZ, Liu LX. [Analysis of the risk factors of pulmonary fungal infections related to hematologic malignancies]. Nan Fang Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao 2009; 29:2506-2509. [PMID: 20034915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the risk factors of pulmonary fungal infections related to hematologic malignancies. METHODS A retrospective case-controlled study was conducted to analyze the patients with pulmonary fungal and bacterial infections in association with hematologic malignancies. The risk factors of pulmonary fungal infections related to hematologic malignancies were identified. RESULTS Three hundred and four cases (194 of pulmonary fungal infections and 110 of pulmonary bacterial infections) were enrolled in this study. Univariate analysis and multivariate logistic regression show that such factors as corticosteroid, halo sign, previous fungal infections, ANC lower than 0.5 x 10(9)/L for over 10 days, nodus near pleura, transplantation (immunodepressant use), chemotherapy, and broad spectrum antibiotics were all the independent risk factors of pulmonary fungal infections related to hematologic malignancies. CONCLUSION There are many risk factors for pulmonary fungal infections related to hematologic malignancies, and early identification of these factors for timely antifungal treatment is of much clinical significance.
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- Xiao-jiang Tan
- Huiqiao Department, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.
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Pourfarziani V, Taheri S. Is pulmonary histoplasmosis a risk factor for acute renal failure in renal transplant recipients? Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl 2009; 20:643-645. [PMID: 19587508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
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Prolonged use of immunosuppressive medication is associated with an increased susceptibility to viral, bacterial and fungal infections. This paper reports a 42 year old kidney transplant recipient with 10 years of stable allograft function who developed pulmonary histoplasmosis and consequently lost his kidney. This report corroborates the previously proposed threat of infection with H. capsulatum for kidney allograft rejection.
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Ergin C, Kaleli I, Mete E, Simşek C. [Evaluation of airborne molds in Laodikeia's recreation work environment during an excavation period]. MIKROBIYOL BUL 2009; 43:277-284. [PMID: 19621613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Microclimatic environments including hot and damp variations are convenient backgrounds to fungi-related diseases for archeology workers. In this study, indoor air viable mold flora of Laodikeia's antique recreation warehouse and their effect on archeology workers were investigated during an annual excavation period. Work environment and workers' symptoms have been detailed by a questionnaire. Air sampling of viable molds were periodically collected within the excavation period in 2005. The mean indoor viable mold concentrations were 528, 578 and 1023 cfu/m3 while outdoor mold concentrations were 352, 409 and 553 cfu/m3 during July, August and September, respectively. The prevalent culturable indoor fungal type was Cladosporium spp. (57.7%), Aspergillus spp. (17.8%), Alternaria spp. (15.8%) and Penicillium spp. (3.4%). In outdoor environment, Cladosporium spp. (60.4%) was the predominant type followed by Alternaria spp. (16.8%), Aspergillus spp. (11.8%) and Penicillium spp. (3%). Aspergillus spp. were found in higher concentrations for indoor air than outdoor samples in late-summer period owing to higher humidity and lower temperature levels (p < 0.05). The rate of Aspergillus niger isolation was higher than the other Aspergillus species (p < 0.05). Among the 41 workers hay fever, bronchial asthma and eczama were detected in 8 (19.2%) of them and three workers stated increase in their complaints during their work in the recreation warehouse. According to the questionnaire results, moisture and irritable particle problems were more prevalant among archeology workers in recreation warehouse. As in Laodikeia experience, re-building of warehouses or restriction of recreation period between early and mid summer may be recommended in order to avoid to be confronted with xerophilic fungi. Climate monitorization and questionnaire results may help to decide on the screening procedures to enlighten the ventilation problems related to toxigenic molds and also to demonstrate the presence of xerophilic fungi in the moist environment.
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- Caği Ergin
- Pamukkale Universitesi Tip Fakültesi, Mikrobiyoloji Anabilim Dali, Denizli.
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Crimi P, Valgiusti M, Macrina G, Grieco A, Massone L, Ciucci A, Ansaldi F, Sticchi L, Sasso L, Del Buono S, Durando P. Evaluation of microbial contamination of air in two haematology departments equipped with ventilation systems with different filtration devices. J Prev Med Hyg 2009; 50:33-36. [PMID: 19771758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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BACKGROUND Nosocomial infections (NI) are above all due to health-care workers practices, but also the contamination of the environment could lead to their rise in health-care facilities. Introduction. In the last years, the incidence of NI has increased due to a substantial rise in the number of immuno-compromised patients. These patients are often gathered in hospital areas declared at "high risk" of infection such as Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant ward. In this study, we evaluated microbial contamination of the air in two divisions with high risk patients, focusing on the validity of the air system with correlation to the presence or not of the HEPA absolute filters. METHODS An environmental surveillance study has been carried out in two Divisions of Haematology, in two different Hospitals. Investigations have been performed by sampling air and by analyzing bacterial and fungal growth on microbiology plates after an incubation period. RESULTS Unit A, without HEPA filters in the ventilation systems, showed a gradual increase in the bacterial load 20 and 60 days after cleaning of the ventilation system. Mycetes and Aspergilli were not present in basal conditions, at 20 or 60 days after decontamination. Unit B, equipped with HEPA filters placed at the inlet vents, showed extremely low values of the bacterial load either in basal conditions or upon inspection 60 days after cleaning. No mycetes were present. DISCUSSION From the results obtained, it was evident that following the cleaning operation, the quality of the air is excellent in both types of equipment, since no mycetes were present and the bacterial load was < 20 CFU/mc in all the sites tested. However, although in subsequent controls mycetes were absent in both types of equipment, a great difference in the suspended bacterial load was found: Unit B was close to sterility whereas in Unit A a progressive increase was observed.
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- P Crimi
- Department of Health Sciences, San Martino Hospital, University of Genoa, Italy.
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Oliver A, Alarcón T, Caballero E, Cantón R. [Microbiological diagnosis of bronchopulmonary colonization-infection in cystic fibrosis]. Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin 2009; 27:89-104. [PMID: 19232782 PMCID: PMC7103330 DOI: 10.1016/j.eimc.2008.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2008] [Accepted: 05/27/2008] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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Cystic fibrosis (CF), a condition produced by mutations in the gene that encodes the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator, is the most prevalent autosomal-recessive hereditary disease in caucasian populations. Among other repercussions, this defect leads to an alteration of respiratory secretions and determines a predisposition for chronic bronchopulmonary colonization-infection, which is the main driver of the high morbidity and early mortality of CF patients. Colonization by Staphylococcus aureus and Haemophilus influenzae is frequent in children younger than 10 years, but mucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa is by far the most relevant pathogen in adults with CF and is responsible for the progressive bronchopulmonary deterioration. As a consequence of repeated, long-lasting antimicrobial treatments and deterioration of lung function, colonization by multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacilli, such as Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, Achromobacter spp. and Burkholderia cepacia complex, is also frequent in adult CF patients. The special characteristics of the pathologic process and the microorganisms implicated in CF make it advisable to consider microbiological follow-up of chronic bronchopulmonary colonization-infection in these patients a specific diagnostic entity.
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- Antonio Oliver
- Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Son Dureta, Palma de Mallorca, España.
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Korzeniewska A, Dyła T, Kosacka M, Jankowska R. [The most common infections of lung allografts]. Pneumonol Alergol Pol 2009; 77:400-406. [PMID: 19722146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
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Allograft's infection is one of the most common complication after lung transplantation. The etiology of pneumonia includes opportunistic and hospital acquired microorganisms. The most frequent are Pseudomonas aeruginosa, cytomegalovirus and Aspergillus fumigatus. Infection severity and time of occurrence depend on prophylactic treatment. There are infections, specific to cystic fibrosis, that may play role in peri- and post-operative mortality. Differences occur among transplant centers as to which infections are contraindications for transplantation.
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- Anna Korzeniewska
- Klinika Pulmonologii i Nowotworów Płuc Akademii Medycznej we Wrocławiu, Wrocław.
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Qu R, Cai SX, Tong WC, Meng Y, Lu JC. [Risk factors of ventilator-associated pulmonary Candida infection and drug-resistant analysis]. Nan Fang Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao 2009; 29:57-59. [PMID: 19218113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the risk factors for pulmonary Candida infection in association with mechanical ventilation and analyze the drug resistance profile of the Candida species that cause the infection. METHODS A retrospective analysis was conducted 114 patients receiving mechanical ventilation for over 48 h. According to the presence of pulmonary Candida infections, these patients were divided into infected group (n=50, 43.9%) and non-infected group (64 cases). Univariate analysis and multivariate logistic regression analysis were performed to identify the risk factors for the infection, and drug sensitivity test was carried out to evaluate the drug resistance of the Candida species. RESULTS Univariate analysis and multivariate logistic regression showed that the presence of at least two underlying diseases (OR=4.758, P=0.009), frequent changes of antibiotics (OR=6.128, P=0.001), and blood albumin below 25 g (OR=15.829, P=0.011) were the independent risk factors for pulmonary Candida infection associated with mechanical ventilation, and prophylactic antifungal treatment (OR=0.062, P=0.012) was a protective factor. Drug sensitivity test showed that Candida albicans was sensitive to most of the antifungal agents (100.0%), but the non-albicans Candida species were resistant to fluconazol (50.0%) and Itraconazole (38.5%). CONCLUSION Poor general conditions and frequent changes of antibiotics are the major risk factors for pulmonary Candida infection in patients receiving mechanical ventilation. Drug resistant analysis is helpful in the treatment of the infections.
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- Rong Qu
- Department of Respiratory Diseases, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.
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Chotirmall SH, Branagan P, Gunaratnam C, McElvaney NG. Aspergillus/allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis in an Irish cystic fibrosis population: a diagnostically challenging entity. Respir Care 2008; 53:1035-1041. [PMID: 18655741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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BACKGROUND Patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) can become colonized by aspergillus, which can act as an allergen and cause allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA). OBJECTIVE To determine the rate of aspergillus colonization and ABPA in a population of Irish patients with CF. METHODS In 50 consecutive patients with CF who presented with exacerbations, we looked for the presence of aspergillus in their sputum and signs and symptoms of ABPA. RESULTS Fifteen patients (30%) grew aspergillus species in their sputum cultures. Six patients (12%) had ABPA. Matched for age, sex, genotype, and microbiology, there was no significant difference in forced expiratory volume in the first second (percent predicted, FEV(1)%) in subjects with aspergillus-positive sputum compared to those not colonized with aspergillus. Subjects with ABPA experienced sharp short-term deterioration in lung function (mean 6.7% predicted FEV(1)), which returned to baseline following at least 4 weeks of treatment. CONCLUSIONS The prevalence of ABPA was 12%. Aspergillus-positive sputum of itself was not a poor prognostic sign in terms of lung function over the 5-year study course. ABPA produces short-term reversible declines in lung function and responds to treatment. The frequency of aspergillus isolates did not correlate with the occurrence of ABPA. A low threshold for the diagnosis of ABPA should be maintained in any patient with CF who does not improve with antibiotics.
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Lee N. Penicilliosis: an AIDS-defining disease in Asia. Hong Kong Med J 2008; 14:88-89. [PMID: 18382013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023] Open
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Li M, Chen ZG, Zhang CR, Lin JC, Zeng M. [Analysis of the risk factors of pulmonary fungal infections related to mechanical ventilation and prognosis of the patients]. Nan Fang Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao 2008; 28:463-466. [PMID: 18359715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the risk factors of pulmonary fungal infections related to mechanical ventilation and the prognosis of patients. METHODS A retrospective case-controlled study was conducted to analyze the culture results of the pulmonary secretions in patients with pulmonary fungal and nonfungal infections in association with mechanical ventilations. The risk factors of pulmonary fungal infections related to mechanical ventilation were identified and their impact on the clinical outcome of the patients was evaluated. RESULTS Of the 127 patients included in this study, 81 (63.78%) were positive and 46 (36.22%) negative for pulmonary fungal infections according to the diagnostic criteria of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). The mortality of the patients with fungal infection was 82.7%, significantly higher than that of patients with non-fungal infection (67.39%, chi2=3.910, P<0.05). Univariate analysis and multivariate logistic regression showed that such factors as old age, duration of mechanical ventilation, tracheal intubation or incision for over 7 days, diabetes, blood glucose over 6.1 mmol/L, multi-organ dysfunction, combined use of antibiotics, at least 3-time changes antibiotics, administration of glucocorticosteroid for over 7 days, and immunodepressant use were all the independence risk factors of pulmonary fungal infection related to mechanical ventilation. Old age, multi-organ dysfunction, blood glucose over 6.1 mmol/L, glucocorticosteroid use for over 7 days, anesthetic use for over 3 days and high APACHE III scores were the risk factors for mortality in patients with the infections. CONCLUSIONS Pulmonary fungal infection associated to mechanical ventilation is often the results of presence of multiple risk factors, and early identification of these factors for timely antifungal treatment may improve the prognostics of the patients and help reduce the mortality rate.
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- Ming Li
- Department of Respiratory Diseases, Huangpu Branch of the First Hospital Affiliated to Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China.
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Samarakoon P, Soubani AO. Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in patients with COPD: a report of five cases and systematic review of the literature. Chron Respir Dis 2008; 5:19-27. [PMID: 18303098 DOI: 10.1177/1479972307085637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/15/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND There are increasing reports describing invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) without the classic risk factors for this severe infection. The available literature on this association is based on case reports or small case series. The aim of this review is to systematically review these cases and describe the clinical features, diagnostic studies and outcome. METHODS We identified all the cases of IPA and COPD reported in the literature and had enough clinical information. We also included five cases of IPA in patients with COPD identified by the authors. These cases were systematically reviewed for clinical features, diagnostic studies and outcome. RESULTS There were 60 cases of IPA in patients with COPD identified from the literature. The total number of cases reviewed was 65. The mean age was 65.1 years, the mean FEV1 was 39% of predicted (n = 17, range 19-56%). Forty-nine patients were documented to be on systemic corticosteroids. The mean dose was 24 mg/day (range 15-65 mg/day). Five patients were only on inhaled corticosteroids and in 11 patients there was no documentation of corticosteroid therapy. The clinical and radiological findings were nonspecific. Thirteen patients had documented evidence of disseminated IPA. Sputum examination was positive for Aspergillus in 76% and bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage that was positive in 70%. The diagnosis of IPA was definite in 43 patients and probable in 22 patients. Forty-six patients were treated with anti-fungal therapy. Fifty-nine patients (91%) died with IPA. CONCLUSION Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis is an emerging serious infection in patients with COPD. The majority of these patients have advanced COPD and/or on corticosteroid therapy. The clinical and radiological presentation is nonspecific. High index of suspicion is necessary for the timely treatment of these patients.
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- P Samarakoon
- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Harper University Hospital, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
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Collaco JM, Gower WA, Mogayzel PJ. Pulmonary dysfunction in pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients: overview, diagnostic considerations, and infectious complications. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2007; 49:117-26. [PMID: 17029246 DOI: 10.1002/pbc.21061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Pulmonary complications are among the most common and serious sequelae seen in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) recipients. This two-part review addresses the incidence and impact of pulmonary complications in pediatric HSCT patients. In this first part we review the available data for the use of diagnostic modalities in this population, including flexible bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) and open lung biopsy (OLB). We also review the many infectious pulmonary complications that may occur in pediatric HSCT recipients, utilizing the traditional chronologic divisions of neutropenic phase (0-30 days following HSCT), early phase (30-100 days), and late phase (>100 days).
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MESH Headings
- Anti-Infective Agents/therapeutic use
- Antineoplastic Agents/adverse effects
- Biopsy
- Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid
- Bronchoscopy
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
- Humans
- Immunocompromised Host
- Incidence
- Infant
- Lung Diseases/diagnosis
- Lung Diseases/etiology
- Lung Diseases, Fungal/diagnosis
- Lung Diseases, Fungal/drug therapy
- Lung Diseases, Fungal/epidemiology
- Lung Diseases, Fungal/etiology
- Lung Diseases, Fungal/microbiology
- Neoplasms/complications
- Neoplasms/surgery
- Neutropenia/etiology
- Pneumonia/diagnosis
- Pneumonia/drug therapy
- Pneumonia/epidemiology
- Pneumonia/etiology
- Pneumonia, Bacterial/diagnosis
- Pneumonia, Bacterial/drug therapy
- Pneumonia, Bacterial/epidemiology
- Pneumonia, Bacterial/etiology
- Pneumonia, Bacterial/microbiology
- Pneumonia, Viral/diagnosis
- Pneumonia, Viral/drug therapy
- Pneumonia, Viral/epidemiology
- Pneumonia, Viral/etiology
- Pneumonia, Viral/virology
- Postoperative Complications/diagnosis
- Postoperative Complications/drug therapy
- Postoperative Complications/epidemiology
- Postoperative Complications/etiology
- Postoperative Period
- Time Factors
- Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- Transplantation Conditioning/adverse effects
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- J Michael Collaco
- Eudowood Division of Pediatric Respiratory Sciences, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland
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Pato AM, Giusiano G, Mangiaterra M. [Association of paracoccidioidomycosis with different pulmonary pathologies in a hospital in Corrientes Province, Argentina]. Rev Argent Microbiol 2007; 39:161-165. [PMID: 17987853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023] Open
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For 2 years, a systematic research of paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) had been conducted in a hospital in the city of Corrientes. The inclusion criterium used was: tuberculosis patients (TBC), presumptive or confirmed diagnosis of pulmonary cancer (CA), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and/or X-ray images compatible with pulmonary mycosis (XRC). Eighty four patients were studied: 57 (TBC), 1 (CA), 5 (COPD), 3 (TBC+CA), 4 (TBC+COPD), 4 (COPD+CA) and 10 (XRC). Serology tests by agar gel immunodiffusion (IDGA) were performed on all patients, whereas microbiological studies were performed on those cases in which clinical samples could be obtained. Ten PCM were diagnosed by IDGA; 4 associated to TBC, 1 to TBC+CA, 3 to COPD and only 2 to XRC. PCM was mycologically proven in 9 of these cases. Systematic research of PCM would lead to an early diagnosis and therefore, to better chances for a successful treatment.
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- A M Pato
- Hospital Angela I. de Llano", Corrientes, Argentina
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Meersseman W, Lagrou K, Maertens J, Van Wijngaerden E. Invasive aspergillosis in the intensive care unit. Clin Infect Dis 2007; 45:205-16. [PMID: 17578780 DOI: 10.1086/518852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 233] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2006] [Accepted: 03/24/2007] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Data regarding the incidence of invasive aspergillosis (IA) in the intensive care unit (ICU) are scarce, and the incidence varies. An incidence of 5.8% in a medical ICU has been reported. The majority of patients did not have a hematological malignancy, and conditions such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and liver failure became recognized as risk factors. Diagnosis of IA remains difficult. Mechanical ventilation makes it difficult to interpret clinical signs, and radiological diagnoses are clouded by underlying lung pathologies. The significance of a positive respiratory culture result is greatly uncertain, because cultures of respiratory specimens have low sensitivity (50%) and specificity (20%-70%, depending on whether the patient is immunocompromised). The use of serologic markers has never been validated in an ICU population. Limited experience with the detection of galactomannan in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid specimens has yielded promising results. Because of a delay in the diagnosis of IA, the mortality rate exceeds 50%. Recently, our therapeutic armamentarium against IA has improved. Data concerning the safety and efficacy of new antifungal agents in the ICU setting, however, are lacking.
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- Wouter Meersseman
- Department of General Internal Medicine, Gasthuisberg University Hospital, Leuven, Belgium.
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Tuon FF. A systematic literature review on the diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) from bronchoalveolar lavage clinical samples. Rev Iberoam Micol 2007; 24:89-94. [PMID: 17604424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023] Open
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Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) from bronchoalveolar lavage clinical samples (BAL) has been used to assist in the diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis. Several studies have been published regarding the utility of this test, although no systematic review of the literature has been performed to date. The objective of this systematic review was to evaluate the efficacy of PCR from BAL for the diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis in high risk patients. MEDLINE and LILACS databases (1980-2006) searches to identify articles related to PCR in diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis. For inclusion, the study had to report sufficient data to calculate sensitivity, specificity and diagnostic odds ratio of the PCR-based technique. Patients with proven and probably invasive aspergillosis were considered. Forty-five articles met our initial inclusion criteria of which 15 articles were selected. Combining the results from the different reports, the overall sensitivity and specificity values of PCR-based techniques were 79% and 94%, respectively. Contamination, specific primers and method of PCR were important variables that could complicate interpretation of these tests. The present study showed support for the clinical value of PCR from BAL for the diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis in patients with risk factors for this disease.
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- Felipe Francisco Tuon
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital das Clinicas, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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Aspergillus spp may cause a variety of pulmonary diseases, depending on immune status and the presence of underlying lung disease. These manifestations range from invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in severely immunocompromised patients, to chronic necrotizing aspergillosis in patients with chronic lung disease and/or mildly compromised immune systems. Aspergilloma is mainly seen in patients with cavitary lung disease, while allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis is described in patients with hypersensitivity to Aspergillus antigens. Recent major advances in the diagnosis and management of pulmonary aspergillosis include the introduction of non-invasive tests, and the development of new antifungal agents, such as azoles and echinocandins, that significantly affect the management and outcome of patients with pulmonary aspergillosis. This review provides a clinical update on the epidemiology, risk factors, clinical presentation, diagnosis and management of the major syndromes associated with pulmonary aspergillosis.
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- O S Zmeili
- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep, Harper University Hospital, 3990 John R-3 Hudson, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
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