Additional Information for Aspergillosis

MMWR Articles:

Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Opportunistic Infections Among HIV-Exposed and HIV-Infected Children.  MMWR Recommendations and Reports, September 04.2009/58(RR111);1-166.

Guidelines for Preventing Health-Care--Associated Pneumonia, 2003.  MMWR Recommendations and Reports, March 26,2004/53(RR03);1-36.

Guidelines for Prevention of Nosocomial Pneumonia.  MMWR Recommendations and Reports, January 03, 1997/46(RR-1);1-79.

Aspergillus Endophthalmitis in Intravenous-Drug Users – Kentucky.  MMWR Weekly, January 26, 1990/39(3);48-49.

Publications:

Lat A, Bhadelia N, Miko B, Et al.  Invasive aspergillosis after pandemic (H1N1) 2009. Emerg infect Dis. 2010 June

Walsh TJ, Anaissie EJ, Denning DW, et al. Treatment of aspergillosis: clinical practice guidelines of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Clin Infect Dis 2008; 46: 327-60.

Segal BH, Walsh TJ. Current approaches to diagnosis and treatment of invasive aspergillosis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2006; 173: 707-717.

Panackal AA, Imhof A, Hanley EW, Marr KA.  Aspergillus ustus infections among transplant recipients.  Emerg Infec Dis.  2006 March. [PDF - 6 pages]

Steinbach WJ, Stevens DA. Review of newer antifungal and immunomodulatory strategies for invasive aspergillosis. Clin Infect Dis 2003; 37 (suppl. 3): S157-187.

Guarro J, Kallas EG, Godoy P, Krenina a, et al.  Cerebral aspergillosis caused by Neosartorya hiratsuke, Brazil.  Emerg Infect Dis. 2002 September.

Herbrecht R, Denning DW, Patterson TF et al. Voriconazole versus amphotericin B for primary therapy of invasive aspergillosis. N Engl J Med 2002; 347: 408-415.

Marr KA, Patterson T, Denning DW. Aspergillosis: pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, and therapy. Infect Dis Clin North Am 2002; 16: 875-894.

Warnock DW, Hajjeh RA, Lasker BA. Epidemiology and prevention of invasive aspergillosis. Curr Infect Dis Rep 2001; 3: 507-516.

Stevens DA, Kan VL, Judson MA, et al. Practice guidelines for diseases caused by Aspergillus. Clin Infect Dis 2000; 30: 696-709.

Latge JP. Aspergillus fumigatus and aspergillosis. Clin Microbiol Rev 1999; 12: 310-350.