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Anti-Aspergillus fumigatus IgG in patients with bronchiectasis and its relation...
Rodrigues Trápaga, Mariana; Rodrigues Poester, Vanice; Sanchotene, Karine Ortiz; Martins Melo, Aryse; Benelli, Jéssica Louise; Basso, Rossana PatriciaAspergillosis is a mycosis, most commonly afecting the airways. This mycosis can worsen the clinical condition of patients with concurrent lung diseases. We assayed for the presence of serum anti-A. fumigatus IgG in bronchiectasis patients from a tertiary hospital in south Brazil and evaluated the relationship with clinical outcome. Thirty-one patients with bronchiec tasis, without cystic fbrosis, were included...
Trends on Aspergillus Epidemiology-Perspectives from a National Reference Labor...
Sabino, Raquel; Gonçalves, Paulo; Martins Melo, Aryse; Simões, Daniela; Oliveira, Mariana; Francisco, Mariana; Viegas, Carla; Carvalho, DinahIdentification of Aspergillus to species level is important since sibling species may display variable susceptibilities to multiple antifungal drugs and also because correct identification contributes to improve the knowledge of epidemiological studies. Two retrospective laboratory studies were conducted on Aspergillus surveillance at the Portuguese National Mycology Reference Laboratory. The first, covering th...
Aspergilose pulmonar crónica: os desafios para o diagnóstico e aplicabilidade d...
Trápaga, Mariana Rodrigues; Martins Melo, Aryse; Poester, Vanice Rodrigues; Basso, Rossana Patricia; Sabino, Raquel; Verissimo, CristinaIntrodução: Estima‐se que anualmente 3 milhões de pessoas em todo o mundo desenvolvam aspergilose pulmonar crônica (CPA), no entanto, seu diagnóstico é desafiador. Objetivo: Relatar o caso de um paciente com repetidos isolamentos de A. fumigatus em amostras respiratórias desde 2013, e diagnóstico de CPA confirmado somente em 2019. Metodologia: Homem, 73 anos, diagnóstico de HIV em 2000 (desde 2010 supressão vir...