Revised Definitions of Invasive Fungal Disease from the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer/Invasive Fungal Infections Cooperative Group and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Mycoses Study Group (EORTC/MSG) Consensus Group
Author(s) -
Ben de Pauw,
Thomas J. Walsh,
J. Peter Donnelly,
David A. Stevens,
John E. Edwards,
Thierry Calandra,
Peter G. Pappas,
Johan Maertens,
Olivier Lortholary,
Carol A. Kauffman,
David W. Denning,
Thomas F. Patterson,
Georg Maschmeyer,
Jacques Billé,
William E. Dismukes,
Raoul Herbrecht,
William Hope,
Christopher C. Kibbler,
Bart Jan Kullberg,
Kieren A. Marr,
Patricia Muñóz,
Frank C. Odds,
John R. Perfect,
Ángela Restrepo,
Markus Ruhnke,
Brahm H. Segal,
Jack D. Sobel,
Tania C. Sorrell,
Claudio Viscoli,
John R. Wingard,
Theoklis E. Zaoutis,
John E. Bennett
Publication year - 2008
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 - 10.1086/588660
Subject(s) - medicine , disease , epidemiology , cancer , intensive care medicine , family medicine , pathology
Invasive fungal diseases are important causes of morbidity and mortality. Clarity and uniformity in defining these infections are important factors in improving the quality of clinical studies. A standard set of definitions strengthens the consistency and reproducibility of such studies.
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