Clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and treatment outcome of CNS aspergillosis: a systematic review of 235 cases

DS Meena, D Kumar, GK Bohra, G Kumar - Infectious Diseases Now, 2021 - Elsevier
Aspergillus is a ubiquitous ascomycete that can cause a variety of clinical presentations
depending on immune status. Central nervous system aspergillosis is a fatal disease with …

Central nervous system infections due to aspergillus and other hyaline molds

MH Miceli - Journal of Fungi, 2019 - mdpi.com
Central nervous system infections due to Aspergillus spp and other hyaline molds such as
Fusarium and Scedosporium spp are rare but fatal conditions. Invasion of the central …

Bronchopulmonary penetration of isavuconazole in lung transplant recipients

AF Caballero-Bermejo… - Antimicrobial Agents …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Isavuconazole's (ISA) pharmacokinetics was studied among lung transplant recipients to
evaluate its bronchopulmonary penetration. This study included 13 patients and showed …

Isavuconazole diffusion in infected human brain

C Rouzaud, V Jullien, A Herbrecht… - Antimicrobial Agents …, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
We report the cases of a 39-year-old woman with chronic lymphocytic leukemia and a 21-
year-old man with chronic granulomatous disease treated for cerebral aspergillosis. The …

Microdissection—an essential prerequisite for spatial cancer omics

F von Eggeling, F Hoffmann - Proteomics, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The problem with cancer tissue is that its intratumoral heterogeneity and its complexity is
extremely high as cells possess, depending on their location and function, different …

Potential Implication of Azole Persistence in the Treatment Failure of Two Haematological Patients Infected with Aspergillus fumigatus

T Peláez-García de la Rasilla, Á Mato-López… - Journal of Fungi, 2023 - mdpi.com
Invasive aspergillosis (IA) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients receiving
allogeneic haematopoieticcell transplantation. The deep immunosuppression and a variety …

Observed isavuconazole exposure: 5-year experience of azole TDM from a Spanish reference laboratory

A Gomez-Lopez, S Sanchez Galiano… - Medical …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
We aimed to assess patient exposure to isavuconazole (ISZ) from samples received in our
laboratory for therapeutic antifungal monitoring. We used liquid chromatography coupled …

PK/PD modeling and simulation of the in vitro activity of the combinations of isavuconazole with echinocandins against Candida auris

U Caballero, E Eraso, G Quindós… - CPT …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In vitro combination of echinocandins and isavuconazole against the emerging species
Candida auris is mainly synergistic. However, this combination has not been evaluated in …

Gram stain to the rescue: a case report of cerebral phaeohyphomycosis by Cladophialophora bantiana in an immunocompetent 24-year-old

P Mody, P Wada, KC Bloch, MS Lionakis… - BMC Infectious …, 2022 - Springer
Background Fungal brain abscesses in immunocompetent patients are exceedingly rare.
Cladophialophora bantiana is the most common cause of cerebral phaeohyphomycosis, a …

Isavuconazole for treatment of refractory coccidioidal meningitis with concomitant cerebrospinal fluid and plasma therapeutic drug monitoring

MR Davis, S Chang, P Gaynor, EK McCreary… - Medical …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Coccidioidal meningitis (CM) is a life-threatening infection with limited treatment options.
Small series have reported success with isavuconazole; however, limited data exist on …