Invasive mould disease in haematologic patients: comparison between fusariosis and aspergillosis
| Autor: | Simone A. Nouér, Fabio Moore Nucci, D. Capone, Marisa R. Nucci |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
0301 basic medicine
Microbiology (medical) Fusariosis Adult Male medicine.medical_specialty Fever 030106 microbiology Aspergillosis Gastroenterology Mannans 03 medical and health sciences Galactomannan chemistry.chemical_compound Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine Internal medicine Epidemiology medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Sinusitis Halo sign Aged Retrospective Studies Lung business.industry Galactose General Medicine Pneumonia Middle Aged medicine.disease Infectious Diseases medicine.anatomical_structure chemistry Female medicine.symptom business Invasive Fungal Infections |
| Zdroj: | Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. 24(10) |
| ISSN: | 1469-0691 |
| Popis: | Objectives To compare the epidemiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, treatment, and outcome of haematologic patients with invasive aspergillosis (IA) or invasive fusariosis (IF). Methods We retrospectively reviewed the charts of 36 patients with IA and 26 with IF diagnosed between 2006 and 2017 in haematologic patients, and compared baseline characteristics, coexisting exposures, clinical manifestations, treatment, and the outcome. Results Fever was more frequent in IF (96.2% vs. 63.9%, p 0.003), whereas pneumonia (88.9% vs. 50.0%, p 0.001) and sinusitis (63.9% vs. 38.5%, p 0.048) were more frequent in IA. Skin lesions and positive blood cultures occurred exclusively in patients with IF. Among patients with pneumonia, the halo sign was more frequent in IA (62.5% vs. 23.1%, p 0.02). Serum galactomannan was positive in 88.6% of patients with IA and in 73.3% with IF (p 0.18), with no differences in the median number of positive tests and galactomannan values. Positive serum galactomannan plus lung infiltrates was the predominant clinical presentation in IA and occurred in four of 13 patients with IF and lung involvement. The 30-day survival was 77.7% in IA and 46.1% in IF (p 0.01). Conclusions IA and IF share the same epidemiologic scenario but different clinical presentations in the majority of cases, with disease in the airways in IA, and fever, metastatic skin lesions, and positive blood cultures in IF. However, a substantial proportion of patients with IF present with a clinical picture similar to IA, with fever, lung infiltrates, and positive serum galactomannan. |
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