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Invasive Pulmonary Fungal Infections in Cystic Fibrosis
Article
Document Type
Academic Journal
Source
Mycopathologia. February 2018, Vol. 183 Issue 1, p33, 11 p.
Subject
Diagnosis
Care and treatment
Usage
Health aspects
Cystic fibrosis -- Care and treatment -- Diagnosis -- Health aspects
Mycoses -- Care and treatment -- Diagnosis -- Health aspects
Fungi -- Health aspects
Respiratory system agents -- Health aspects
Antifungal agents -- Usage -- Health aspects
Immunoglobulin E -- Health aspects
Language
English
ISSN
0301-486X
Abstract
Author(s): Carsten Schwarz [sup.1] , Claudia Brandt [sup.1] , Paul Whitaker [sup.2] , Sivagurunathan Sutharsan [sup.3] , Heino Skopnik [sup.4] , Silvia Gartner [sup.5] , Christina Smazny [sup.6] , Jobst [...]
Invasive pulmonary mycosis is after allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) a frequent and severe complication of CF lung disease. Among CF caregivers, there is an insecurity when and how to treat infections of the lung parenchyma caused by different fungi in patients with CF. This case series provides a multicenter experience on diagnostic, manifestation, and treatment of non-ABPA cases of pulmonary. Non-ABPA cases of pulmonary mycoses in patients with CF have been collected from the CF Centers in Berlin, Essen, Worms, Frankfurt (Germany), Leeds (UK), and Barcelona (Spain). Non-ABPA was defined as total serum IgE level