Invasive Aspergillosis in the Intensive Care Unit

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2008 • 4,709 citations

Voriconazole versus Amphotericin B for Primary Therapy of Invasive Aspergillosis

2002 • 3,189 citations

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2002 • 3,043 citations

Defining Opportunistic Invasive Fungal Infections in Immunocompromised Patients with Cancer and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplants: An International Consensus

2002 • 2,342 citations

Posaconazole vs. Fluconazole or Itraconazole Prophylaxis in Patients with Neutropenia

2007 • 1,701 citations

Aspergillosis Case-Fatality Rate: Systematic Review of the Literature

2001 • 1,426 citations

Echinocandin antifungal drugs

2003 • 1,075 citations

Diagnosis of Invasive Aspergillosis Using a Galactomannan Assay: A Meta-Analysis

2006 • 920 citations

Practice Guidelines for Diseases Caused by Aspergillus

2000 • 806 citations

Invasive Aspergillosis Disease Spectrum, Treatment Practices, and Outcomes

2000 • 794 citations

Trends in the postmortem epidemiology of invasive fungal infections at a University Hospital

1996 • 783 citations

Treatment of Invasive Aspergillosis with Posaconazole in Patients Who Are Refractory to or Intolerant of Conventional Therapy: An Externally Controlled Trial

2006 • 750 citations

Improved management of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in neutropenic patients using early thoracic computed tomographic scan and surgery.

1997 • 713 citations

Therapeutic Outcome in Invasive Aspergillosis

1996 • 708 citations

Multicenter Clinical Evaluation of the (1->3) -D-Glucan Assay as an Aid to Diagnosis of Fungal Infections in Humans

2005 • 651 citations

Glucocorticoids and invasive fungal infections

2003 • 634 citations

The Clinical Spectrum of Pulmonary Aspergillosis

2002 • 591 citations

Chronic Cavitary and Fibrosing Pulmonary and Pleural Aspergillosis: Case Series, Proposed Nomenclature Change, and Review

2003 • 521 citations

Invasive Aspergillosis in Critically Ill Patients without Malignancy

2004 • 515 citations

Laboratory diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis

2005 • 490 citations

Detection of circulating galactomannan for the diagnosis and management of invasive aspergillosis

2004 • 481 citations

Invasive fungal infections in patients with hematologic malignancies in a tertiary care cancer center: an autopsy study over a 15-year period (1989-2003).

2006 • 477 citations

Galactomannan in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid

2007 • 473 citations

The Impact of Culture Isolation ofAspergillusSpecies: A Hospital‐Based Survey of Aspergillosis

2001 • 444 citations

Central venous catheter use

2001 • 385 citations

Use of Circulating Galactomannan Screening for Early Diagnosis of Invasive Aspergillosis in Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients

2002 • 344 citations

Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis Associated with Infliximab Therapy

2001 • 332 citations

Contribution of (1→3)-β- <scp>d</scp> -Glucan Chromogenic Assay to Diagnosis and Therapeutic Monitoring of Invasive Aspergillosis in Neutropenic Adult Patients: a Comparison with Serial Screening for Circulating Galactomannan

2005 • 332 citations

Comparison of Epidemiological, Clinical, and Biological Features of Invasive Aspergillosis in Neutropenic and Nonneutropenic Patients: A 6‐Year Survey

2006 • 325 citations

Current Approaches to Diagnosis and Treatment of Invasive Aspergillosis

2005 • 323 citations

Aspergillosis

2002 • 308 citations

Effect of treatment with low doses of hydrocortisone and fludrocortisone on mortality in patients with septic shock

2003 • 282 citations

Infectious Complications Associated with Alemtuzumab Use for Lymphoproliferative Disorders

2006 • 263 citations

Immunomodulatory therapies in sepsis

2000 • 261 citations

Clinical relevance of Aspergillus isolation from respiratory tract samples in critically ill patients.

2006 • 252 citations

Pathogenic Aspergillus Species Recovered from a Hospital Water System: A 3-Year Prospective Study

2002 • 235 citations

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2005 • 234 citations

Advances and challenges in management of invasive mycoses

2005 • 233 citations

Spectrum of Aspergillus Infection in Lung Transplant Recipients

2001 • 231 citations

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2006 • 230 citations

Diagnosis of Invasive Septate Mold Infections

2003 • 229 citations

Differences in Patterns of Infection and Inflammation for Corticosteroid Treatment and Chemotherapy in Experimental Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis

2004 • 228 citations

The invasive and saprophytic syndromes due toAspergillusspp.

2005 • 220 citations

Invasive fungal infections after allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell transplantation: incidence and risk factors in 395 patients

2002 • 218 citations

Prospective Assessment of Platelia™Aspergillus Galactomannan Antigen for the Diagnosis of Invasive Aspergillosis in Lung Transplant Recipients

2004 • 196 citations

Opportunistic Infections in Endogenous Cushing's Syndrome

1984 • 195 citations

Central venous catheter use

2001 • 192 citations

Utility of Aspergillus Antigen Detection in Specimens Other than Serum Specimens

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GRAFT TREATMENT OF IMMUNOLOGICAL DEFICIENCY

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2000 • 173 citations

Post-operative aspergillosis

2006 • 173 citations

Prediction of systemic fungal infection in allogeneic marrow recipients: impact of amphotericin prophylaxis in high-risk patients.

1994 • 162 citations

Clinical and Autopsy Diagnoses in the Intensive Care Unit

2004 • 159 citations

Serum Glucan Levels Are Not Specific for Presence of Fungal Infections in Intensive Care Unit Patients

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The relationship of pre mortem diagnoses and post mortem findings in a surgical intensive care unit

1999 • 152 citations

Corticosteroid treatment as a risk factor for invasive aspergillosis in patients with lung disease.

1991 • 149 citations

Efficacy of Galactomannan Antigen in the Platelia Aspergillus Enzyme Immunoassay for Diagnosis of Invasive Aspergillosis in Liver Transplant Recipients

2004 • 144 citations

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients with invasive pulmonary aspergillosis: benefits of intensive care?

2000 • 127 citations

Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Report of Eight Cases and Review

1998 • 118 citations

Saprophytic Fungal Infections and Complications Involving the Bronchial Anastomosis Following Human Lung Transplantation

2002 • 112 citations

Immunoparalysis as a cause for invasive aspergillosis?

2003 • 102 citations

Post mortem examination in the intensive care unit: still useful?

2004 • 91 citations

A 7-year study of severe hospital-acquired pneumonia requiring ICU admission

2003 • 89 citations

Workload Due to Aspergillus fumigatus and Significance of the Organism in the Microbiology Laboratory of a General Hospital

2005 • 72 citations

Unusual cause of lethal pulmonary aspergillosis in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

1996 • 70 citations

Characteristics of discrepancies between clinical and autopsy diagnoses in the intensive care unit: a 5-year review

2003 • 68 citations

Aspergillus and Endobronchial Abnormalities in Lung Transplant Recipients

2000 • 58 citations

Clinical implications of environmental sources forAspergillus

2005 • 55 citations

Pulmonary Aspergillus colonization in humans and its impact on management of critically ill patients

1999 • 52 citations

METABOLIC INHIBITION OF POLYMORPHONUCLEAR LEUCOCYTES IN FULMINANT HEPATIC FAILURE

1976 • 47 citations

Nosocomial invasive aspergillosis in a heart transplant patient acquired during a break in the HEPA air filtration system

2004 • 42 citations

Invasive aspergillosis in a "healthy" patient.

1984 • 30 citations

Preventing exposure to moulds

2006 • 14 citations

Galactomannan in broncho-alveolar lavage fluid: a tool for diagnosing aspergillosis in ICU patients.

2007 • 4 citations

Use of liposomal amphotericin B in bone marrow transplant.

2005 • 3 citations

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