Why is biopsy of suspected fungal lung lesions necessary?()

The recognition of antifungal resistance is necessary for the choice of the appropriate treatment in patients with invasive fungal disease. In this case report, the need for a computed tomography-guided percutaneous lung biopsy of a suspected fungal lesion in a patient treated for acute leukemia is...

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Autores principales: Kropshofer, Gabriele, Meister, Bernhard, Lass-Flörl, Cornelia, Crazzolara, Roman
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3885920/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24432240
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2013.08.002
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author Kropshofer, Gabriele
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description The recognition of antifungal resistance is necessary for the choice of the appropriate treatment in patients with invasive fungal disease. In this case report, the need for a computed tomography-guided percutaneous lung biopsy of a suspected fungal lesion in a patient treated for acute leukemia is demonstrated. Detection of Amphothericin-B resistant Aspergillus flavus infection has prompted the switch in antifungal therapy, followed by full resolution of symptoms, completion of chemotherapy and remission since then.
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spelling pubmed-38859202014-01-15 Why is biopsy of suspected fungal lung lesions necessary?() Kropshofer, Gabriele Meister, Bernhard Lass-Flörl, Cornelia Crazzolara, Roman Med Mycol Case Rep Article The recognition of antifungal resistance is necessary for the choice of the appropriate treatment in patients with invasive fungal disease. In this case report, the need for a computed tomography-guided percutaneous lung biopsy of a suspected fungal lesion in a patient treated for acute leukemia is demonstrated. Detection of Amphothericin-B resistant Aspergillus flavus infection has prompted the switch in antifungal therapy, followed by full resolution of symptoms, completion of chemotherapy and remission since then. Elsevier 2013-08-30 /pmc/articles/PMC3885920/ /pubmed/24432240 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2013.08.002 Text en © 2013 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works License, which permits non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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