Diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis: recent developments and ongoing challenges

Novel Tests for Diagnosis of Invasive Aspergillosis in Patients with Underlying Respiratory Diseases

(2014) Juergen Prattes et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

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

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

Diagnosis and Treatment of Invasive Fungal Infections in the Cancer Patient: Recent Progress and Ongoing Questions

(2014) Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

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

A Breath Fungal Secondary Metabolite Signature to Diagnose Invasive Aspergillosis

(2014) Sophia Koo et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Molecular and Nonmolecular Diagnostic Methods for Invasive Fungal Infections

(2014) M. Arvanitis et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS

The Volatome of Aspergillus fumigatus

(2014) C. Heddergott et al.   EUKARYOTIC CELL

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

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

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

Electronic Nose Technology for Detection of Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis in Prolonged Chemotherapy-Induced Neutropenia: a Proof-of-Principle Study

(2013) K. de Heer et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

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

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

Diagnostic Accuracy of PCR Alone Compared to Galactomannan in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid for Diagnosis of Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis: a Systematic Review

(2012) T. Avni et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

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

Performance of a standardized bronchoalveolar lavage protocol in a comprehensive cancer center

(2011) Fotis Sampsonas et al.   CANCER

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

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

Analysis of Performance of a PCR-Based Assay To Detect DNA of Aspergillus fumigatus in Whole Blood and Serum: a Comparative Study with Clinical Samples

(2011) L. Bernal-Martinez 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

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

Accuracy of BAL Galactomannan in Diagnosing Invasive Aspergillosis

(2010) Ya-Ling Guo et al.   CHEST

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

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

Aspergillus PCR: One Step Closer to Standardization

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

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

(2009) Carlo Mengoli et al.   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Detection of 2-Pentylfuran in the breath of patients withAspergillus fumigatus

(2009) Stephen T. Chambers et al.   MEDICAL MYCOLOGY

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

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

Treatment of Aspergillosis: Clinical Practice Guidelines of the Infectious Diseases Society of America

(2008) Thomas J. Walsh et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Pseudomonas aeruginosaas a Cause of 1,3‐β‐d‐Glucan Assay Reactivity

(2008) Monique A. S. H. Mennink‐Kersten 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

Investigation into the production of 2-Pentylfuran byAspergillus fumigatusand other respiratory pathogensin vitroand human breath samples

(2008) Mona Syhre et al.   MEDICAL MYCOLOGY

Role of (1→3)-β-D-glucan in the diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis

(2008) Francisco M. Marty et al.   MEDICAL MYCOLOGY