Clinical and radiologic predictors of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in cancer patients : Should the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer/Mycosis Study Group (EORTC/MSG) criteria be revised?

The significance of isolation of saproph

The significance of isolation of saprophytic molds from the lower respiratory tract in patients with cancer : How do the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer/Mycoses Study Group criteria apply?

✍ Michail S. Lionakis; Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis 📂 Article 📅 2003 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 101 KB 👁 1 views

## Abstract ## BACKGROUND Invasive infections caused by molds other than __Aspergillus__, __Fusarium__, and __Zygomycetes__ have been reported sporadically in patients with leukemia and allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT). However, the significance of lower respiratory tract cultures that