Journal article
Invasive infections due to filamentous fungi other than Aspergillus: epidemiology and determinants of mortality
M Slavin, S van Hal, TC Sorrell, A Lee, DJ Marriott, K Daveson, K Kennedy, K Hajkowicz, C Halliday, E Athan, N Bak, E Cheong, CH Heath, C Orla Morrissey, S Kidd, R Beresford, C Blyth, TM Korman, J Owen Robinson, W Meyer Show all
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases | ELSEVIER SCI LTD | Published : 2015
Abstract
Copyright © 2015 European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.The epidemiology of invasive fungal disease (IFD) due to filamentous fungi other than Aspergillus may be changing. We analysed clinical, microbiological and outcome data in Australian patients to determine the predisposing factors and identify determinants of mortality. Proven and probable non-Aspergillus mould infections (defined according to modified European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer/Mycoses Study Group criteria) from 2004 to 2012 were evaluated in a multicentre study. Variables associated with infection and mortality were determined. O..
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Funding Acknowledgements
We thank hospital scientists across Australia for their assistance in fungal identification, and in the forwarding of isolates to the reference laboratories. We also thank A. Riddell, based at the Royal Darwin Hospital when the study was performed, and C. Mahoney and N. Cornish of Deakin University, for their assistance in data collection. T. C. Sorrell is a Sydney Medical School Foundation Fellow whose work is funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (#1050106). The authors thank Pfizer Australia, Gilead Sciences Inc. and Merck for their financial support, in part, for this study.