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The patients eligible for this study will already be hospitalized with repeated monitoring of clinical and biological parameters.
Participation in the study will result in an additional sampling of blood (estimated volume 6 mL for each sampling) on day of suspicion of the mucormycosis and then twice
Project Outlook Sensitive and specific biomarkers for early diagnosis of IPA are urgently needed to improve survival. In this multicenter study we will evaluate the potential of the novel Lateral Flow Device test for early, bedside diagnosis of IPA.
A successful implementation of the studies
Human cancers express tumor antigens that can be targeted by cytolytic T lymphocytes (CTL). These antigens consist of a small peptide, derived from endogenous proteins, that is presented at the cancer cell's surface by an HLA class I molecule. Such antigenic peptides, including MAGE-3.A1 and
OBJECTIVES:
Primary
- To compare empirical approach (i.e., fever driven) versus preemptive approach (i.e., diagnostic driven), for starting antifungal therapy with caspofungin acetate, in patients with acute myeloid leukemia or myelodysplastic syndrome who are starting chemotherapy (for attaining
Neutropenia is a major risk factor for invasive fungal infections, particularly those caused by moulds, such as Aspergillus spp., Fusarium spp. and the Zygomycetes. Among neutropenic patients, these invasive mould infections (IMI) occur almost exclusively in patients with profound neutropenia (<100
Methods
- Patients and setting: Prospective controlled randomized interventional study of antibiotic therapy in adult with febrile neutropenia.
The study will be conducted in the University Hospital of the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil. This is a 600-bed tertiary hospital, with
Background:
Invasive fungal infections are an important cause of infectious disease, morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised patients with cancer, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, aplastic anemia, autoimmune diseases, and primary immune deficiencies.
Foremost among the more lethal of
Objectives
This retrospective cohort analysis of converting from caspofungin to micafungin as empiric antifungal therapy for cancer patients who are persistently febrile and neutropenic after receiving broad spectrum antibiotics at Brigham & Women's Hospital / Dana Farber Cancer Institute (BWH/DFCI)
Considerable interest has recently been generated on dietary fibers (DF), and soluble fibers have emerged both as a subject for research and therapeutic applications. The 'fiber hypothesis', put forward by Denis Bukitt and Hugh Trowel (1-4), suggests that consumption of unrefined carbohydrate food
OBJECTIVES:
Primary
- Determine the test characteristics of galactomannan (GM) ELISA using serum and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) collected from patients at high risk of invasive fungal infection.
- Determine the test characteristics of aspergillus PCR using blood and BALF samples collected
BACKGROUND:
Several new developments in the field of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation have substantially decreased transplant-related morbidity and promise to make major improvements in both the safety and efficacy of transplantation, allowing transplantation to be extended to more