Health care-associated infections (HAIs) have become more common as medical care has
grown more complex and patients have become more complicated. HAIs are associated …

More and more systematic reviews of diagnostic test accuracy studies are being published,
but they can be methodologically challenging. In this paper, the authors present some of the …

Background Patients with neutropenia resulting from chemotherapy for acute myelogenous
leukemia or the myelodysplastic syndrome are at high risk for difficult-to-treat and often fatal …

This report updates, expands, and replaces the previously published CDC" Guideline for
Prevention of Nosocomial Pneumonia". The new guidelines are designed to reduce the …

To update the case-fatality rate (CFR) associated with invasive aspergillosis according to
underlying conditions, site of infection, and antifungal therapy, data were systematically …

Reports have focused on the emergence of moulds as pathogens in recipients of
hematopoietic stem cell transplants. To review the incidence of and risks for mould …

Invasive fungal infections are increasingly common in the nosocomial setting. Furthermore,
because risk factors for these infections continue to increase in frequency, it is likely that …

OBJECTIVES: The study investigated the epidemiology and outcome of invasive
aspergillosis (IA), an important cause of morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised …

The frequency of invasive mycoses due to opportunistic fungal pathogens has increased
significantly over the past two decades (35, 74, 83, 88, 89, 101, 106). This increase in …

To evaluate the efficacy and safety of voriconazole in acute invasive aspergillosis (IA), an
open, noncomparative multicenter study was conducted. Immunocompromised patients with …