Aspergillus Specific PCR and Galactomannan of Bronchoalveolar Lavage Are Superior to Concomitant Same-Day Testing of Concurrent Blood Samples in Immunocompromised Hematological Patients with Suspected Invasive Aspergillosis
Conference abstracts (Source: The Aspergillus Website - updates)
Source: The Aspergillus Website - updates - September 20, 2019 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: MeganB Source Type: news

Neutrophil Recruitment Is Regulated By Adamts-13 in a Murine Model of Invasive Aspergillosis
Conference abstracts (Source: The Aspergillus Website - updates)
Source: The Aspergillus Website - updates - September 20, 2019 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: MeganB Source Type: news

Atypical Presentation of Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis: An Unusual Case of Undiagnosed Bronchial Asthma
Conference abstracts (Source: The Aspergillus Website - updates)
Source: The Aspergillus Website - updates - September 6, 2019 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: MeganB Source Type: news

Omalizumab: A Potential Therapy Option for Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis (ABPA) in Asthma Patients
Conference abstracts (Source: The Aspergillus Website - updates)
Source: The Aspergillus Website - updates - September 6, 2019 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: MeganB Source Type: news

Interferon-gamma replacement as salvage therapy in chronic pulmonary aspergillosis: impact on bacterial exacerbations and hospital admissions
Conference abstracts (Source: The Aspergillus Website - updates)
Source: The Aspergillus Website - updates - August 17, 2019 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: MeganB Source Type: news

The application of metagenomic next-generation sequencing in pulmonary aspergillosis
Conference abstracts (Source: The Aspergillus Website - updates)
Source: The Aspergillus Website - updates - August 17, 2019 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: MeganB Source Type: news

Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in patients with haematological malignancies: 272 episodes in 18 years
Conference abstracts (Source: The Aspergillus Website - updates)
Source: The Aspergillus Website - updates - August 16, 2019 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: MeganB Source Type: news

Influenza-associated aspergillosis in critically ill patients in two Swiss centres during the Influenza season 2017/2018: an underestimated and severe complication
Conference abstracts (Source: The Aspergillus Website - updates)
Source: The Aspergillus Website - updates - August 16, 2019 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: MeganB Source Type: news

New ESCMID-ECMM guidelines published for the diagnosis and management of invasive aspergillosis in neonates and children
Wed, 07/10/2019 - 13:28News blog (Source: The Aspergillus Website - updates)
Source: The Aspergillus Website - updates - July 10, 2019 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: helenfindon Source Type: news

New diagnostic tool paves the way for faster and earlier diagnosis of chronic pulmonary aspergillosis
Thu, 07/04/2019 - 14:32News blog (Source: The Aspergillus Website - updates)
Source: The Aspergillus Website - updates - July 4, 2019 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: helenfindon Source Type: news

Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of the Combination Therapy of Ibrexafungerp (SCY-078) With Voriconazole in Patients With Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis (SCYNERGIA)
This is a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, two-arm study to evaluate the safety, tolerability, efficacy and PK of the combination therapy of SCY-078 plus voriconazole compared to those of voriconazole monotherapy in male and female subjects 18 years of age and older with a hematological malignancy (HM) or a myelodysplastic syndrome or aplastic anemia or hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) and a probable or proven invasive pulmonary aspergillosis based on EORTCMSG criteria. In addition, all subjects must be positive ( ≥0.5) for serum GMI. (Source: The Aspergillus Website - updates)
Source: The Aspergillus Website - updates - July 3, 2019 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: GAtherton Source Type: news

Invasive aspergillosis due to Aspergillus section Usti: a European multicentre study
Conference abstracts (Source: The Aspergillus Website - updates)
Source: The Aspergillus Website - updates - July 1, 2019 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: pChrisopoulos Source Type: news

Aspergillosis threatens endangered kakapo, “the world’s fattest parrot”
Fri, 06/14/2019 - 11:40News blog (Source: The Aspergillus Website - updates)
Source: The Aspergillus Website - updates - June 14, 2019 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: MeganB Source Type: news

Prevalence of sensitization to Aspergillus flavus in patients with allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis.
Thu, 06/13/2019 - 13:36News blog (Source: The Aspergillus Website - updates)
Source: The Aspergillus Website - updates - June 13, 2019 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: helenfindon Source Type: news

How the flu could leave you at the mercy of killer fungus aspergillosis
One in five patients admitted to intensive care with flu may contract a lethal fungal infection in their lungs called aspergillosis which can resist medicine’s best drugs. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 13, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news