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Diagnostic Capacity for Invasive Fungal Infections in the Greek Paediatric Haematology-Oncology Units: Report from the Infection Working Group of the Hellenic Society of Paediatric Haematology-Oncology

An audit based on a specific questionnaire was attempted, in order to investigate the mycology laboratory diagnostic capacity for invasive fungal diseases (IFDs) in Greek Paediatric Haematology-Oncology departments/units. The study provided the relevant information for the years 2019 and 2020 and in...

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Autores principales: Markantonatou, Anthi-Marina, Tragiannidis, Athanasios, Galani, Vasiliki, Doganis, Dimitrios, Antoniadi, Kondilia, Tsipou, Haroula, Lambrou, Maria, Katzilakis, Nikolaos, Paisiou, Anna, Palabougiouki, Maria, Servitzoglou, Marina, Papakonstantinou, Eugenia, Peristeri, Ioulia, Stiakaki, Efthichia, Kosmidis, Eleni, Polychronopoulou, Sophia, Kattamis, Antonios, Vyzantiadis, Timoleon-Achilleas
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8147432/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34062951
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jof7050357
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author Markantonatou, Anthi-Marina
Tragiannidis, Athanasios
Galani, Vasiliki
Doganis, Dimitrios
Antoniadi, Kondilia
Tsipou, Haroula
Lambrou, Maria
Katzilakis, Nikolaos
Paisiou, Anna
Palabougiouki, Maria
Servitzoglou, Marina
Papakonstantinou, Eugenia
Peristeri, Ioulia
Stiakaki, Efthichia
Kosmidis, Eleni
Polychronopoulou, Sophia
Kattamis, Antonios
Vyzantiadis, Timoleon-Achilleas
author_facet Markantonatou, Anthi-Marina
Tragiannidis, Athanasios
Galani, Vasiliki
Doganis, Dimitrios
Antoniadi, Kondilia
Tsipou, Haroula
Lambrou, Maria
Katzilakis, Nikolaos
Paisiou, Anna
Palabougiouki, Maria
Servitzoglou, Marina
Papakonstantinou, Eugenia
Peristeri, Ioulia
Stiakaki, Efthichia
Kosmidis, Eleni
Polychronopoulou, Sophia
Kattamis, Antonios
Vyzantiadis, Timoleon-Achilleas
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description An audit based on a specific questionnaire was attempted, in order to investigate the mycology laboratory diagnostic capacity for invasive fungal diseases (IFDs) in Greek Paediatric Haematology-Oncology departments/units. The study provided the relevant information for the years 2019 and 2020 and included data from all units, concerning culture-based methods and direct microscopy, phenotypic and molecular identification, sensitivity testing, serology and molecular diagnosis, as well as therapeutic drug monitoring. The target was mostly to reveal the level of laboratory coverage for hospitalised paediatric patients, independently of the possibility of performing the tests in the host hospital, or otherwise to refer the specimens elsewhere. In total, the current study demonstrated that the most important facilities and services regarding the IFD diagnostics for paediatric haematology-oncology patients in Greece are available and relatively easily accessible, with a reasonable turnaround time. Acting as an initial registry for further improvements, the audit can serve as a valuable approach to the actual situation and future perspectives. A national clinical mycology network under the auspices of the relevant scientific societies will probably facilitate collaboration between all the departments (clinical and laboratory) involved in invasive fungal infections and provide an easier approach to any necessary test for any hospitalised patient.
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spelling pubmed-81474322021-05-26 Diagnostic Capacity for Invasive Fungal Infections in the Greek Paediatric Haematology-Oncology Units: Report from the Infection Working Group of the Hellenic Society of Paediatric Haematology-Oncology Markantonatou, Anthi-Marina Tragiannidis, Athanasios Galani, Vasiliki Doganis, Dimitrios Antoniadi, Kondilia Tsipou, Haroula Lambrou, Maria Katzilakis, Nikolaos Paisiou, Anna Palabougiouki, Maria Servitzoglou, Marina Papakonstantinou, Eugenia Peristeri, Ioulia Stiakaki, Efthichia Kosmidis, Eleni Polychronopoulou, Sophia Kattamis, Antonios Vyzantiadis, Timoleon-Achilleas J Fungi (Basel) Article An audit based on a specific questionnaire was attempted, in order to investigate the mycology laboratory diagnostic capacity for invasive fungal diseases (IFDs) in Greek Paediatric Haematology-Oncology departments/units. The study provided the relevant information for the years 2019 and 2020 and included data from all units, concerning culture-based methods and direct microscopy, phenotypic and molecular identification, sensitivity testing, serology and molecular diagnosis, as well as therapeutic drug monitoring. The target was mostly to reveal the level of laboratory coverage for hospitalised paediatric patients, independently of the possibility of performing the tests in the host hospital, or otherwise to refer the specimens elsewhere. In total, the current study demonstrated that the most important facilities and services regarding the IFD diagnostics for paediatric haematology-oncology patients in Greece are available and relatively easily accessible, with a reasonable turnaround time. Acting as an initial registry for further improvements, the audit can serve as a valuable approach to the actual situation and future perspectives. A national clinical mycology network under the auspices of the relevant scientific societies will probably facilitate collaboration between all the departments (clinical and laboratory) involved in invasive fungal infections and provide an easier approach to any necessary test for any hospitalised patient. MDPI 2021-05-01 /pmc/articles/PMC8147432/ /pubmed/34062951 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jof7050357 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Markantonatou, Anthi-Marina
Tragiannidis, Athanasios
Galani, Vasiliki
Doganis, Dimitrios
Antoniadi, Kondilia
Tsipou, Haroula
Lambrou, Maria
Katzilakis, Nikolaos
Paisiou, Anna
Palabougiouki, Maria
Servitzoglou, Marina
Papakonstantinou, Eugenia
Peristeri, Ioulia
Stiakaki, Efthichia
Kosmidis, Eleni
Polychronopoulou, Sophia
Kattamis, Antonios
Vyzantiadis, Timoleon-Achilleas
Diagnostic Capacity for Invasive Fungal Infections in the Greek Paediatric Haematology-Oncology Units: Report from the Infection Working Group of the Hellenic Society of Paediatric Haematology-Oncology
title Diagnostic Capacity for Invasive Fungal Infections in the Greek Paediatric Haematology-Oncology Units: Report from the Infection Working Group of the Hellenic Society of Paediatric Haematology-Oncology
title_full Diagnostic Capacity for Invasive Fungal Infections in the Greek Paediatric Haematology-Oncology Units: Report from the Infection Working Group of the Hellenic Society of Paediatric Haematology-Oncology
title_fullStr Diagnostic Capacity for Invasive Fungal Infections in the Greek Paediatric Haematology-Oncology Units: Report from the Infection Working Group of the Hellenic Society of Paediatric Haematology-Oncology
title_full_unstemmed Diagnostic Capacity for Invasive Fungal Infections in the Greek Paediatric Haematology-Oncology Units: Report from the Infection Working Group of the Hellenic Society of Paediatric Haematology-Oncology
title_short Diagnostic Capacity for Invasive Fungal Infections in the Greek Paediatric Haematology-Oncology Units: Report from the Infection Working Group of the Hellenic Society of Paediatric Haematology-Oncology
title_sort diagnostic capacity for invasive fungal infections in the greek paediatric haematology-oncology units: report from the infection working group of the hellenic society of paediatric haematology-oncology
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8147432/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34062951
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jof7050357
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