Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy 29(2) 219-222 2023年2月 [査読有り]
Schizophyllum commune is a widely distributed basidiomycete fungus that occasionally causes sinusitis or allergic bronchopulmonary mycosis. The invasive infection mostly occurs in immunocompromised adults. The number of reports on S. commune infec...
Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy 29(2) 163-170 2023年2月 [査読有り]
OBJECTIVES: Isavuconazole is a convenient triazole antifungal agent with a broad antifungal spectrum. A randomized, open-label study (ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT03471988) was conducted to evaluate the efficacy and safety of isavuconazole in Japanese p...
Aspergillus species have been identified morphologically in most clinical laboratories without conducting antifungal susceptibility tests (ASTs). This review aimed to evaluate the importance of accurate identification and ASTs of Aspergillus spp. ...
Respiratory medicine case reports 46 101935-101935 2023年
Allergic bronchopulmonary mycosis (ABPM) is a chronic immune-mediated pulmonary disease, which is caused by fungal infection of the airways. Aspergillus species are the main causative fungi and standard treatment typically comprises systemic corti...
When Aspergillus, an ubiquitous, saprophytic fungus, is detected in respiratory tract specimens collected from chronic respiratory disease patients, it is important to determine whether it is a true infection or colonization. We investigated the u...