Early diagnosis of invasive mould infections and disease

Early diagnosis and monitoring of mucormycosis by detection of circulating DNA in serum: retrospective analysis of 44 cases collected through the French Surveillance Network of Invasive Fungal Infections (RESSIF)

(2016) L. Millon et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Prospective multicentre PCR-based Aspergillus DNA screening in high-risk patients with and without primary antifungal mould prophylaxis

(2016) J. Springer et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Comparison of Performance Characteristics of Aspergillus PCR in Testing a Range of Blood-Based Samples in Accordance with International Methodological Recommendations

(2016) Jan Springer et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Isavuconazole versus voriconazole for primary treatment of invasive mould disease caused by Aspergillus and other filamentous fungi (SECURE): a phase 3, randomised-controlled, non-inferiority trial

(2016) Johan A Maertens et al.   LANCET

Combination Antifungal Therapy for Invasive Aspergillosis

(2015) Kieren A. Marr et al.   ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Galactomannan and Polymerase Chain Reaction–Based Screening for Invasive Aspergillosis Among High-Risk Hematology Patients: A Diagnostic Meta-analysis

(2015) Marios Arvanitis et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

AspergillusPolymerase Chain Reaction: Systematic Review of Evidence for Clinical Use in Comparison With Antigen Testing

(2015) P. Lewis White et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

High Resolution Computed Tomography Angiography Improves the Radiographic Diagnosis of Invasive Mold Disease in Patients With Hematological Malignancies

(2015) Marta Stanzani et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Diagnostic Performance of Galactomannan Antigen Testing in Cerebrospinal Fluid

(2015) G. M. Chong et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Analytical Comparison ofIn Vitro-Spiked Human Serum and Plasma for PCR-Based Detection of Aspergillus fumigatus DNA: a Study by the European Aspergillus PCR Initiative

(2015) Juergen Loeffler et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Analytical and Clinical Evaluation of the PathoNostics AsperGenius Assay for Detection of Invasive Aspergillosis and Resistance to Azole Antifungal Drugs during Testing of Serum Samples

(2015) P. Lewis White et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Aspergillus-Specific Lateral-Flow Device and Real-Time PCR Testing of Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid: a Combination Biomarker Approach for Clinical Diagnosis of Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis

(2015) Gemma L. Johnson et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Clinical Performance of Aspergillus PCR for Testing Serum and Plasma: a Study by the European Aspergillus PCR Initiative

(2015) P. Lewis White et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Diagnostic accuracy of a novel lateral-flow device in invasive aspergillosis: a meta-analysis

(2015) Zhijie Pan et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Potential Role of18F-FDG PET/CT in Patients With Fungal Infections

(2014) Punit Sharma et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ROENTGENOLOGY

Serum Galactomannan Versus a Combination of Galactomannan and Polymerase Chain Reaction-Based Aspergillus DNA Detection for Early Therapy of Invasive Aspergillosis in High-Risk Hematological Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial

(2014) J. M. Aguado et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Serum Galactomannan-Based Early Detection of Invasive Aspergillosis in Hematology Patients Receiving Effective Antimold Prophylaxis

(2014) R. F. Duarte et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Breakthrough invasive fungal disease in patients receiving posaconazole primary prophylaxis: a 4-year study

(2014) N. Lerolle et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Nonmolecular Methods for the Diagnosis of Respiratory Fungal Infections

(2014) Frédéric Lamoth et al.   CLINICS IN LABORATORY MEDICINE

Rapid Detection and Identification of Mucormycetes in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Samples from Immunocompromised Patients with Pulmonary Infiltrates by Use of High-Resolution Melt Analysis

(2014) M. Lengerova et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Performance of Galactomannan, Beta-D-Glucan, Aspergillus Lateral-Flow Device, Conventional Culture, and PCR Tests with Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid for Diagnosis of Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis

(2014) M. Hoenigl et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Evaluation of a Commercially Developed Semiautomated PCR-Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Assay for Diagnosis of Invasive Fungal Disease

(2014) P. L. White et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

PCR in Diagnosis of Invasive Aspergillosis: a Meta-Analysis of Diagnostic Performance

(2014) M. Arvanitis et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Earlier Diagnosis of Invasive Fusariosis with Aspergillus Serum Galactomannan Testing

(2014) Marcio Nucci et al.   PLoS One

Bronchoalveolar Lavage Lateral-Flow Device Test for Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis in Solid Organ Transplant Patients

(2014) Birgit Willinger et al.   TRANSPLANTATION

The Reversed Halo Sign: Pathognomonic Pattern of Pulmonary Mucormycosis in Leukemic Patients With Neutropenia?

(2013) C. Legouge et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Utility of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid galactomannan alone or in combination with PCR for the diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis in adult hematology patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis

(2013) Siow Chin Heng et al.   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN MICROBIOLOGY

High-resolution computed tomographic findings of Aspergillus infection in lung transplant patients

(2013) Fernando Ferreira Gazzoni et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY

Evaluation of Real-Time PCR, Galactomannan Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA), and a Novel Lateral-Flow Device for Diagnosis of Invasive Aspergillosis

(2013) P. L. White et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Multicenter Comparison of Serum and Whole-Blood Specimens for Detection of Aspergillus DNA in High-Risk Hematological Patients

(2013) J. Springer et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

18F-Fluoro-2-Deoxy-D-Glucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography Findings Are Different Between Invasive and Noninvasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis

(2013) Ji Young Kim et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY

Galactomannan and PCR versus culture and histology for directing use of antifungal treatment for invasive aspergillosis in high-risk haematology patients: a randomised controlled trial

(2013) C Orla Morrissey et al.   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Diagnostic Performance of an Aspergillus-Specific Nested PCR Assay in Cerebrospinal Fluid Samples of Immunocompromised Patients for Detection of Central Nervous System Aspergillosis

(2013) Mark Reinwald et al.   PLoS One

Diagnostic Accuracy of Histopathologic and Cytopathologic Examination of Aspergillus Species

(2012) Akeesha A. Shah et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PATHOLOGY

False-positive Aspergillus Antigenemia Due to Blood Product Conditioning Fluids

(2012) P. Martin-Rabadan et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Development of a single tube multiplex real-time PCR to detect the most clinically relevant Mucormycetes species

(2012) L. Bernal-Martínez et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Analysis of initial and follow-up CT findings in patients with invasive pulmonary aspergillosis after solid organ transplantation

(2012) C. Lim et al.   CLINICAL RADIOLOGY

Piperacillin/tazobactam (TazocinTM) seems to be no longer responsible for false-positive results of the galactomannan assay

(2012) M. Mikulska et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Invasive fungal breakthrough infections, fungal colonization and emergence of resistant strains in high-risk patients receiving antifungal prophylaxis with posaconazole: real-life data from a single-centre institutional retrospective observational study

(2012) J. Auberger et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Detection of Galactomannan in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid Samples of Patients at Risk for Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis: Analytical and Clinical Validity

(2012) J. D'Haese et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Clinical epidemiology of 960 patients with invasive aspergillosis from the PATH Alliance registry

(2012) William J. Steinbach et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTION

Bronchoalveolar lavage lateral-flow device test for invasive pulmonary aspergillosis diagnosis in haematological malignancy and solid organ transplant patients

(2012) Martin Hoenigl et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTION

InvasiveScopulariopsis brevicaulisinfection in an immunocompromised patient and review of prior cases caused byScopulariopsisandMicroascusspecies

(2012) Peter C. Iwen et al.   MEDICAL MYCOLOGY

Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Detecting Galactomannan in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid for Diagnosing Invasive Aspergillosis

(2012) Mingxiang Zou et al.   PLoS One

Voriconazole versus itraconazole for antifungal prophylaxis following allogeneic haematopoietic stem-cell transplantation

(2011) David I. Marks et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF HAEMATOLOGY

Computed Tomographic Pulmonary Angiography for Diagnosis of Invasive Mold Diseases in Patients With Hematological Malignancies

(2011) M. Stanzani et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

The Diagnostic Value of Halo and Reversed Halo Signs for Invasive Mold Infections in Compromised Hosts

(2011) S. P. Georgiadou et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Comparison of an Aspergillus Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay With Galactomannan Testing of Bronchoalvelolar Lavage Fluid for the Diagnosis of Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis in Lung Transplant Recipients

(2011) M.-L. Luong et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

 -D-Glucan Assay for the Diagnosis of Invasive Fungal Infections: A Meta-analysis

(2011) D. E. Karageorgopoulos et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

 -Glucan Antigenemia Assay for the Diagnosis of Invasive Fungal Infections in Patients With Hematological Malignancies: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Cohort Studies From the Third European Conference on Infections in Leukemia (ECIL-3)

(2011) F. Lamoth et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Species identification of Aspergillus, Fusarium and Mucorales with direct surface analysis by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry

(2011) E. De Carolis et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Prospective study in critically ill non-neutropenic patients: diagnostic potential of (1,3)-β-D-glucan assay and circulating galactomannan for the diagnosis of invasive fungal disease

(2011) J. Acosta et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Reactivity of (1 → 3)-β-d-glucan assay in bacterial bloodstream infections

(2011) O. Albert et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Diagnosis of Invasive Fungal Disease Using Serum (1→3)-β-D-Glucan: A Bivariate Meta-Analysis

(2011) Yuan Lu et al.   INTERNAL MEDICINE

Galactomannan Antigenemia after Infusion of Gluconate-Containing Plasma-Lyte

(2011) R. Petraitiene et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Evaluation of Analytical and Preliminary Clinical Performance of Myconostica MycAssay Aspergillus When Testing Serum Specimens for Diagnosis of Invasive Aspergillosis

(2011) P. Lewis White et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Evaluation of Aspergillus PCR Protocols for Testing Serum Specimens

(2011) P. Lewis White et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Diagnostic Accuracy of Serum 1,3-β-d-Glucan for Pneumocystis jiroveci Pneumonia, Invasive Candidiasis, and Invasive Aspergillosis: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

(2011) Akira Onishi et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Computed tomography findings in invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in non-neutropenic transplant recipients and neutropenic patients, and their prognostic value

(2011) Seong Yeon Park et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTION

Evaluation of PCR on Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid for Diagnosis of Invasive Aspergillosis: A Bivariate Metaanalysis and Systematic Review

(2011) Wenkui Sun et al.   PLoS One

Pulmonary aspergillosis: an alternative diagnosis to lung cancer after positive [18F]FDG positron emission tomography

(2011) C. G. Baxter et al.   THORAX

Randomized, double-blind trial of fluconazole versus voriconazole for prevention of invasive fungal infection after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation

(2010) J. R. Wingard et al.   BLOOD

Accuracy of BAL Galactomannan in Diagnosing Invasive Aspergillosis

(2010) Ya-Ling Guo et al.   CHEST

Prospective Surveillance for Invasive Fungal Infections in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients, 2001–2006: Overview of the Transplant‐Associated Infection Surveillance Network (TRANSNET) Database

(2010) Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Invasive Fungal Infections among Organ Transplant Recipients: Results of the Transplant‐Associated Infection Surveillance Network (TRANSNET)

(2010) Peter G. Pappas et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Survey of aspergillosis in non-neutropenic patients in Swiss teaching hospitals

(2010) J. Garbino et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Diagnostic contribution of positron emission tomography with [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose for invasive fungal infections

(2010) A. Hot et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

A prospective comparison of galactomannan in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid for the diagnosis of pulmonary invasive aspergillosis in medical patients under intensive care: comparison with the diagnostic performance of galactomannan and of (1→ 3) – β – d-glucan chromogenic assay in serum samples

(2010) J. Acosta et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

The (1,3) -D-Glucan Test as an Aid to Early Diagnosis of Invasive Fungal Infections following Lung Transplantation

(2010) B. D. Alexander et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Aspergillus PCR: One Step Closer to Standardization

(2010) P. L. White et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Clinical and radiological features of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in transplant recipients and neutropenic patients

(2010) S.Y. Park et al.   Transplant Infectious Disease

Empirical versus Preemptive Antifungal Therapy for High‐Risk, Febrile, Neutropenic Patients: A Randomized, Controlled Trial

(2009) Catherine Cordonnier et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Clinically Driven Diagnostic Antifungal Approach in Neutropenic Patients: A Prospective Feasibility Study

(2009) Corrado Girmenia et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY

Use of PCR for diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis: systematic review and meta-analysis

(2009) Carlo Mengoli et al.   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Development of an Immunochromatographic Lateral-Flow Device for Rapid Serodiagnosis of Invasive Aspergillosis

(2008) C. R. Thornton   Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Numbers Needed to Treat with Posaconazole Prophylaxis to Prevent Invasive Fungal Infection and Death

(2008) Oliver A. Cornely et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Reversed Halo Sign in Invasive Pulmonary Fungal Infections

(2008) Hisham Wahba et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Revised Definitions of Invasive Fungal Disease from the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer/Invasive Fungal Infections Cooperative Group and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Mycoses Study Group (EORTC/MSG) Consensus Group

(2008) Ben De Pauw et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Changing epidemiology of systemic fungal infections

(2008) M. Richardson et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Sequence-Based Identification of Aspergillus, Fusarium, and Mucorales Species in the Clinical Mycology Laboratory: Where Are We and Where Should We Go from Here?

(2008) S. A. Balajee et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Scedosporium prolificans: an emerging pathogen in France?

(2008) Frederic Grenouillet et al.   MEDICAL MYCOLOGY