| Autor: |
Kavvalou A; Department of Paediatric Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine, Children's Hospital, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany., Stehling F; Department of Paediatric Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine, Children's Hospital, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany., Goretzki SC; Department of Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany., Dohna-Schwake C; Department of Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany., Rath PM; Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany., Steindor M; Department of Paediatric Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine, Children's Hospital, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany. |
| Abstrakt: |
Mucorales are a large order of ubiquitous saprophytic zygomycete fungi and act as opportunistic pathogens in humans. In pediatric patients, little is known about the role of Mucorales in airway colonization and infection or their role as contaminants of respiratory samples. Currently, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is the most sensitive mode of detection Mucorales in clinical specimen. In this study, we aimed to determine the prevalence of Mucorales in bronchoalveolar lavage samples (BAL) from a large, diverse group of pediatric patients. We performed commercial Mucorales PCR (MucorGenius®, Pathonostics, Maastricht, NL, USA) on 102 thawed BAL samples of 100 patients. Mucorales PCR was negative in all samples. Our data suggest that Mucorales spp. have a low prevalence in paediatric airways and do not frequently contaminate pediatric BAL samples. |
