Importance of Aspergillus-Specific Antibody Screening for Diagnosis of Chronic Pulmonary Aspergillosis after Tuberculosis Treatment: A Prospective Follow-Up Study in Ghana

Autor: Bright K. Ocansey, Benjamin Otoo, Hafisatu Gbadamosi, Jane S. Afriyie-Mensah, Japheth A. Opintan, Chris Kosmidis, David W. Denning

Publikováno v: Journal of Fungi, Vol 9, Iss 1, p 26 (2022)

Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis (CPA) often occurs in patients that have been previously treated for pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB). A limited number of studies have looked at the development of CPA at different times following the completion of a PTB

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P251 Disseminated Histoplasmosis in a Ghanaian HIV Patient: Role of Urine Histoplasma Antigen Testing in Rapid Diagnosis

Autor: Martin Agyei, Bright Ocansey, Benjamin Otoo, Akua Ofori, Betty Norman, Isaac Erskine

Publikováno v: Medical Mycology. 60

Poster session 2, September 22, 2022, 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Background The inhalation of the thermally dimorphic fungus Histoplasma capsulatum, may result in a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations, ranging from asymptomatic to acute or chronic pulmo

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https://doi.org/10.1093/mmy/myac072.p251

Cryptococcal and Histoplasma Antigen Screening Among People With Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Ghana and Comparative Analysis of OIDx Histoplasma Lateral Flow Assay and IMMY Histoplasma Enzyme Immunoassay

Autor: Bright K Ocansey, Benjamin Otoo, Isabella Asamoah, Vincent Ganu, Kofi P Berko, Oluwakemi Oladele, Emmanuella A Amankwa, Bismark Opoku-Asare, Martin Agyei, Lawrence George, Fleischer C N Kotey, Chris Kosmidis, Peter Puplampu, Japheth A Opintan, David W Denning

Publikováno v: Ocansey, B K, Otoo, B, Asamoah, I, Ganu, V, Berko, K P, Oladele, O, Amankwa, E A, Opoku-Asare, B, Agyei, M, George, L, Kotey, F C N, Kosmidis, C, Puplampu, P, Opintan, J A & Denning, D W 2022, ' Cryptococcal and Histoplasma Antigen Screening among People with Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Ghana and Comparative Analysis of OIDx Histoplasma Lateral Flow Assay and IMMY Histoplasma Enzyme Immunoassay ', Open Forum Infectious Diseases, vol. 9, no. 7, ofac277 . https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofac277

Background Cryptococcal meningitis (CM) and disseminated histoplasmosis (DH) are common in people with human immunodeficiency virus (PWH) and diagnosed by detecting cryptococcal antigen (CrAg) and Histoplasma antigen (HistoAg), respectively. In Ghana

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https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofac277

Stigma Associated With Sickle Cell Disease in Kumasi, Ghana

Autor: Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Rexford Amoah, Ashura Bakari, Vivian Paintsil, Cheryl A. Moyer, Benjamin Otoo, Alex Osei-Akoto, Julie M. Buser

Publikováno v: Journal of Transcultural Nursing. 32:757-764

Introduction People with sickle cell disease (SCD) often face stigmatization in Ghana and elsewhere in Africa. Research is needed to understand whether it is necessary to design an SCD stigma reduction program in the Ghanaian setting. The aim of this

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https://doi.org/10.1177/10436596211008216