Baseline Chest Computed Tomography for Early Diagnosis of Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis in Hemato-oncological Patients: A Prospective Cohort Study.
acute myeloid leukemia
baseline chest CT
hematologic malignancy
invasive fungal infection
invasive pulmonary aspergillosis
Journal
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
ISSN: 1537-6591
Titre abrégé: Clin Infect Dis
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9203213
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
30 10 2019
30 10 2019
Historique:
received:
03
12
2018
accepted:
01
03
2019
pubmed:
12
3
2019
medline:
26
9
2020
entrez:
12
3
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) has dire consequences in hemato-oncological patients. We report our experience with performing routine baseline chest computed tomography for early diagnosis of IPA. We found high rates of proven or probable IPA diagnosed on admission among patients with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia.
Identifiants
pubmed: 30855077
pii: 5373534
doi: 10.1093/cid/ciz194
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1805-1808Commentaires et corrections
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Informations de copyright
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