Open AccessLimited Index of Clinical Suspicion and Underdiagnosis of Histopathologically Documented Invasive Mold Infections
Author(s) -
Grégoire Caudron de Coquereaumont,
Jade Couchepin,
Jean Yannis Perentes,
Thorsten Krueger,
Alban Lovis,
Samuel Rotman,
Frédéric Lamoth
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
open forum infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546
H-Index - 35
ISSN - 2328-8957
DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofab174
Subject(s) - medicine , autopsy , biopsy , general surgery , pathology
Invasive mold infections (IMIs) are difficult to diagnose. This analysis of histopathologically proven IMIs at our institution (2010–2019) showed that 11/41 (27%) of them were not suspected at the time of biopsy/autopsy (9/17, 53% among autopsies). The rate of missed diagnosis was particularly high (8/16, 50%) among nonhematologic cancer patients.
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