Distribution of filamentous fungi causing invasive fungal disease at the Haematological Unit, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Brazil

Distribution of filamentous fungi causing invasive fungal disease at the Haematological Unit, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Brazil

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Very limited data are available in the literature to elucidate the aetiology of invasive mould infections in Latin America. Here we report that Aspergillus species caused only half of such cases in a cohort study conducted over 21 months in a university hospital in Porto Alegre, Southern Brazil. Fus...

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Main Authors: Valério Rodrigues Aquino, Emanuelle Bergonsi Verçosa, Gustavo Falhauber, Luciano Werle Lunardi, Lucia Silla, Alessandro Comarú Pasqualotto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2010-05-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1413867010700568
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spelling doaj-3d8cfe8b17764bef87c854e46590c4272020-11-25T03:23:29ZengElsevierBrazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases1413-86702010-05-01143277280Distribution of filamentous fungi causing invasive fungal disease at the Haematological Unit, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, BrazilValério Rodrigues Aquino0Emanuelle Bergonsi Verçosa1Gustavo Falhauber2Luciano Werle Lunardi3Lucia Silla4Alessandro Comarú Pasqualotto5Microbiology Unit Section, Clinical Patology Services, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Porto Alegre, Brazil; Post-Graduation Program in Pulmonary Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil; Correspondence to: Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Serviço e Patologia Clínica Rua Ramiro Barcelos, 2350 Porto Alegre – RS – Brazil CEP: 90035-903.Medical School, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, BrazilInternal Medicine Department, HCPA, Porto Alegre, BrazilInternal Medicine Department, HCPA, Porto Alegre, BrazilMedical School, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil; Clinical Haematology Unit, HCPA, Porto Alegre, BrazilPost-Graduation Program in Pulmonary Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil; Molecular Biology Laboratory, Santa Casa Complexo Hospitalar, Porto Alegre, BrazilVery limited data are available in the literature to elucidate the aetiology of invasive mould infections in Latin America. Here we report that Aspergillus species caused only half of such cases in a cohort study conducted over 21 months in a university hospital in Porto Alegre, Southern Brazil. Fusarium spp. were the second most prevalent moulds (20.7%), followed by Zygomycetes (13.8%). The importance of obtaining local epidemiological data for adequately guiding empirical antifungal therapy is reinforced. Keywords: Aspergillus, Fusarium, mold infections, epidemiology, zygomycosishttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1413867010700568
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author Valério Rodrigues Aquino
Emanuelle Bergonsi Verçosa
Gustavo Falhauber
Luciano Werle Lunardi
Lucia Silla
Alessandro Comarú Pasqualotto
spellingShingle Valério Rodrigues Aquino
Emanuelle Bergonsi Verçosa
Gustavo Falhauber
Luciano Werle Lunardi
Lucia Silla
Alessandro Comarú Pasqualotto
Distribution of filamentous fungi causing invasive fungal disease at the Haematological Unit, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Brazil
Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
author_facet Valério Rodrigues Aquino
Emanuelle Bergonsi Verçosa
Gustavo Falhauber
Luciano Werle Lunardi
Lucia Silla
Alessandro Comarú Pasqualotto
author_sort Valério Rodrigues Aquino
title Distribution of filamentous fungi causing invasive fungal disease at the Haematological Unit, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Brazil
title_short Distribution of filamentous fungi causing invasive fungal disease at the Haematological Unit, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Brazil
title_full Distribution of filamentous fungi causing invasive fungal disease at the Haematological Unit, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Brazil
title_fullStr Distribution of filamentous fungi causing invasive fungal disease at the Haematological Unit, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Brazil
title_full_unstemmed Distribution of filamentous fungi causing invasive fungal disease at the Haematological Unit, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Brazil
title_sort distribution of filamentous fungi causing invasive fungal disease at the haematological unit, hospital de clínicas de porto alegre, brazil
publisher Elsevier
series Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
issn 1413-8670
publishDate 2010-05-01
description Very limited data are available in the literature to elucidate the aetiology of invasive mould infections in Latin America. Here we report that Aspergillus species caused only half of such cases in a cohort study conducted over 21 months in a university hospital in Porto Alegre, Southern Brazil. Fusarium spp. were the second most prevalent moulds (20.7%), followed by Zygomycetes (13.8%). The importance of obtaining local epidemiological data for adequately guiding empirical antifungal therapy is reinforced. Keywords: Aspergillus, Fusarium, mold infections, epidemiology, zygomycosis
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1413867010700568
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