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Global guideline for the diagnosis and management of candidiasis: an initiative...
Cornely, Oliver A.; Sprute, Rosanne; Bassetti, Matteo; Chen, Sharon C-A; Groll, Andreas H.; Kurzai, Oliver; Lass-Flörl, CorneliaCandida species are the predominant cause of fungal infections in patients treated in hospital, contributing substantially to morbidity and mortality. Candidaemia and other forms of invasive candidiasis primarily affect patients who are immunocompromised or critically ill. In contrast, mucocutaneous forms of candidiasis, such as oral thrush and vulvovaginal candidiasis, can occur in otherwise healthy individual...
Performance of cryptococcal antigen lateral flow assay in serum, cerebrospinal ...
Vidal, José E.; Toniolo, Carolina; Paulino, Adriana; Colombo, Arnaldo L.; Martins, Marilena dos Anjos; Meira, Cristina da SilvaCryptococcal meningitis is the most common cause of opportunistic meningitis in HIV-infected patients in Brazil and causes unacceptable high mortality rates. In this study, HIV-infected patients with a first episode of culture-proven cryptococcal meningitis in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) were prospectively included in order to evaluate sensitivity of cryptococcal antigen (CrAg) lateral flow assay (LFA) in serum, ...
Azole-Resistance in Aspergillus terreus and Related Species: An Emerging Proble...
Zoran, Tamara; Sartori, Bettina; Sappl, Laura; Aigner, Maria; Sánchez-Reus, Ferran; Rezusta, Antonio; Chowdhary, Anuradha; Taj-Aldeen, Saad J.Objectives: Invasive mold infections associated with Aspergillus species are a significant cause of mortality in immunocompromised patients. The most frequently occurring aetiological pathogens are members of the Aspergillus section Fumigati followed by members of the section Terrei. The frequency of Aspergillus terreus and related (cryptic) species in clinical specimens, as well as the percentage of azole-resi...
Epidemiology and predictors of poor outcome in elderly patients with candidemia
Colombo, Arnaldo L.
Identificação de Candida dubliniensis isoladas no Brasil, através do método com...
Alves, Sydney Hartz; Horta, Jorge A.; Milán, Eveline P.; Scheid, Liliane A.; Vainstein, Marilene H.; Santurio, Janio M.; Colombo, Arnaldo L.The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the identification of 19 Brazilian C. dubliniensis based on the biochemical profile exhibited when tested by the commercial identification kit ID 32C (bioMerieux). Thirteen of the isolates were rigorously identified as C. dubliniensis and the remaining isolates (six) were considered as having a doubtful profile but the software also suggested that there was 83.6%...