Distribution of fungal agents in the respiratory system of patients with underlying lung diseases; molecular identification and antifungal susceptibility profiles
Parviz Hassanpour, Seyed Jamal Hashemi, Sanam Nami, Roshanak Daie Ghazvini, Behrouz Naghili Hokmabadi, Abbas Rahimi Foroushani, Kazem Ahmadikia, Zahra Ramezanalipour, Saeid Firouzi Abriz · 2024
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Description
Hassanpour and co-authors catalog the fungi living in the airways of hospital patients who already have lung disease. Such growths can turn dangerous when immunity is weak. Their 2024 study took washings or sputum from 360 patients in pulmonary wards and identified fungi by lab growth and DNA methods, then tested drug sensitivity.
About a third of samples grew fungi. The commonest yeast was Candida albicans and the commonest mold an Aspergillus species, with chronic obstructive lung disease the most colonized condition. Cough was the leading symptom and cancer the leading side condition. Some Candida strains resisted antifungal drugs, most often one called voriconazole, while no Aspergillus strain resisted. The authors link fungus type to underlying disease.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Parviz Hassanpour, Seyed Jamal Hashemi, Sanam Nami, Roshanak Daie Ghazvini, Behrouz Naghili Hokmabadi, Abbas Rahimi Foroushani, Kazem Ahmadikia, Zahra Ramezanalipour, Saeid Firouzi Abriz |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 32 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |