Significance of Aspergillemia in Patients with Cancer: A 10-Year Study | Zendy

D. P. Kontoyiannis | Zendy; David Sumoza | Zendy; Jeffrey J. Tarrand | Zendy; Gerald P. Bodey | Zendy; Raul E. Storey | Zendy; Issam Raad | Zendy

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Significance of Aspergillemia in Patients with Cancer: A 10-Year Study

Author(s) -

D. P. Kontoyiannis,

David Sumoza,

Jeffrey J. Tarrand,

Gerald P. Bodey,

Raul E. Storey,

Issam Raad

Publication year - 2000

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/313918

Subject(s) - medicine , aspergillosis , clinical significance , cancer , statistical significance , aspergillus , oncology , immunology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology

The significance of blood cultures positive for Aspergillus species for patients with cancer remains unclear. The significance of aspergillemia in 36 cancer patients over a 10-year period was evaluated. True aspergillemia was rare, occurred late in the course of aspergillosis, and was seen exclusively in patients with hematologic malignancies.

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