Baseline Chest Computed Tomography for Early Diagnosis of Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis in Hemato-oncological Patients: A Prospective Cohort Study.

Bitterman, Roni; Hardak, Emilia; Raines, Marina; Stern, Anat; Zuckerman, Tzila; Ofran, Yishai; Lavi, Noa; Guralnik, Luda et al. · Clin Infect Dis · 2019

prospective_cohort · Level II

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Abstract

Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) has dire consequences in hemato-oncological patients. We report our experience with performing routine baseline chest computed tomography for early diagnosis of IPA. We found high rates of proven or probable IPA diagnosed on admission among patients with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia.

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