Authors
Maria JGT Rueping, Werner J Heinz, Anupma J Kindo, Volker Rickerts, Cornelia Lass-Floerl, Claudia Beisel, Raoul Herbrecht, Yehudah Roth, Gerda Silling, AJ Ullmann, Kersten Borchert, Gerlinda Egerer, Johann Maertens, Georg Maschmeyer, Arne Simon, Morad Wattad, Guido Fischer, Joerg J Vehreschild, OA Cornely
Publication date
2010/2/1
Journal
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
Volume
65
Issue
2
Pages
296-302
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Description
Background
Invasive zygomycosis accounts for a significant proportion of all invasive fungal diseases (IFD), but clinical data on the clinical course and treatment response are limited.
Patients and methods
Fungiscope™—A Global Rare Fungal Infection Registry is an international university-based case registry that collects data of patients with rare IFD, using a web-based electronic case form at www.fungiscope.net.
Results
Forty-one patients with invasive zygomycosis from central Europe and Asia were registered. The most common underlying conditions were malignancies (n = 26; 63.4%), diabetes mellitus (n = 7; 17.1%) and solid organ transplantation (n = 4; 9.8%). Diagnosis was made by culture in 28 patients (68.3%) and by histology in 26 patients (63.4%). The main sites of infection were the lungs (n = 24; 58.5%), soft tissues (n = 8; 19.5 …
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