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An Ex vivo Assay to Study Candida albicans Hyphal Morphogenesis in the Gastrointestinal Tract
Published on: July 1, 2020
[Severe candidosis infections in neutropenic patient in onco-hematologic department]
B Pellegrino1, N Le Guyader, Vu Thien
1Service d'hématologie et oncologie pédiatrique, hôpital d'Enfants Armand-Trousseau, AP-HP, Paris, France. secretariat.hemato-onco@trs.ap-hop-paris.fr
Abstract:
Incidence of severe candidal infections is rapidly increasing since 15 years and is becoming a major concern in onco-hematology practice, especially due to its poor prognosis in neutropenic patients. Diagnosis of candidemia is suspected in case of persistent fever resistant to a large antibiotherapy and requires to search for secondary locations as cutaneous and hepatosplenic candidal infection. Improvement of yeasts detection in blood culture bottles with specific medium is now helpful but use of specific immunoserodiagnosis or PCR methods is at this point unuseful. Fluconazole and Amphotericine B remain the recommended treatments for candidemia. Indications for "new antifongal drugs" are still limited regarding their high cost and the limited clinical studies.
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