Systematic review and meta-analysis of galactomannan antigen testing in serum and bronchoalveolar lavage for the diagnosis of chronic pulmonary aspergillosis …

VF De Oliveira, GD Silva, M Taborda, AS Levin… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Background A clear cutoff value of galactomannan (GM) has not been established for
chronic pulmonary aspergillosis (CPA) and is frequently extrapolated from invasive …

Diagnosis of chronic pulmonary aspergillosis: clinical, radiological or laboratory?

A Barac, A Vujovic, A Drazic, G Stevanovic, B Paglietti… - Journal of Fungi, 2023 - mdpi.com
Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis (CPA) is a chronic progressive lung disease associated
with a poor prognosis and a 5-year mortality rate of approximately 40–50%. The disease is …

Characterization of treatment response outcomes in chronic pulmonary aspergillosis: CPAnet definitions versus the existing criteria

IS Sehgal, K Arora, OA Cornely, HJF Salzer, S Dhooria… - Mycopathologia, 2023 - Springer
Background The chronic pulmonary aspergillosis network (CPAnet) has recently proposed
definitions for treatment outcomes in CPA. However, these definitions need to be validated …

Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis: comprehensive insights into epidemiology, treatment, and unresolved challenges

M Tashiro, T Takazono… - Therapeutic Advances in …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis (CPA) is a challenging respiratory infection caused by the
environmental fungus Aspergillus. CPA has a poor prognosis, with reported 1-year mortality …

Diagnosis of Chronic Pulmonary Aspergillosis: Which Is the Best Investigation?

IS Sehgal, R Agarwal - The American Journal of Tropical Medicine …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
We read the interesting article by de Oliveira et al. on the performance of various
investigations for diagnosing chronic pulmonary aspergillosis (CPA). 1 The authors …

[HTML][HTML] Diagnosis of Chronic Pulmonary Aspergillosis

F Bongomin, CK Muzoora… - The American Journal of …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
We read with interest the study by Oliveira and colleagues recently published in the Journal.
1 The authors retrospectively investigated the diagnostic performance of various laboratory …

Diagnosis of Chronic Pulmonary Aspergillosis: Challenges and Limitations Response to “Diagnosis of Chronic Pulmonary Aspergillosis: Which Is the Best …

VF De Oliveira, MMC Magri - The American Journal of Tropical …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
We are grateful for the interest in our recently published article on the diagnosis of chronic
pulmonary aspergillosis (CPA). 1 We feel that it is important to discuss the challenges and …