ECIL-3 classical diagnostic procedures for the diagnosis of invasive fungal diseases in patients with leukaemia.

Details

Serval ID
serval:BIB_D82EA60D37EF
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Publication sub-type
Review (review): journal as complete as possible of one specific subject, written based on exhaustive analyses from published work.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Title
ECIL-3 classical diagnostic procedures for the diagnosis of invasive fungal diseases in patients with leukaemia.
Journal
Bone Marrow Transplantation
Author(s)
Arendrup M.C., Bille J., Dannaoui E., Ruhnke M., Heussel C.P., Kibbler C.
ISSN
1476-5365 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
0268-3369
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2012
Volume
47
Number
8
Pages
1030-1045
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Journal ArticlePublication Status: ppublish
Abstract
Invasive fungal diseases (IFDs) continue to cause considerable morbidity and mortality in patients with haematological malignancy. Diagnosis of IFD is difficult, with the sensitivity of the gold standard tests (culture and histopathology) often reported to be low, which may at least in part be due to sub-optimal sampling or subsequent handling in the routine microbiological laboratory. Therefore, a working group of the European Conference in Infections in Leukaemia was convened in 2009 with the task of reviewing the classical diagnostic procedures and providing recommendations for their optimal use. The recommendations were presented and approved at the ECIL-3 conference in September 2009. Although new serological and molecular tests are examined in separate papers, this review focuses on sample types, microscopy and culture procedures, antifungal susceptibility testing and imaging. The performance and limitations of these procedures are discussed and recommendations are provided on when and how to use them and how to interpret the results.
Pubmed
Web of science
Open Access
Yes
Create date
20/09/2012 18:12
Last modification date
20/08/2019 15:57
Usage data