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Knowledge of Infectious Disease Specialists Regarding Aspergillosis Complicating Influenza, United States

In an online survey, we found that nearly one fifth of physicians in the United States who responded had seen or heard about a case of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis after severe influenza at their institution. However, <10% routinely used galactomannan testing to test for this fungus in patien...

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Autores principales: Toda, Mitsuru, Beekmann, Susan E., Polgreen, Philip M., Chiller, Tom M., Jackson, Brendan R., Beer, Karlyn D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7101098/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32186506
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2604.190953
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Sumario:In an online survey, we found that nearly one fifth of physicians in the United States who responded had seen or heard about a case of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis after severe influenza at their institution. However, <10% routinely used galactomannan testing to test for this fungus in patients with severe influenza.