Significance of aspergillemia in patients with cancer: a 10-year study.
The significance of blood cultures positive for Aspergillus species for patients with cancer remains unclear. The significance of aspergillemia in 36 cancer patients over a 10-year period was evaluated. True aspergillemia was rare, occurred late in the course of aspergillosis, and was seen exclusively in patients with hematologic malignancies.
Departments of Internal Medicine Specialties and Laboratory Medicine, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA. dkontoyi@notes.mdacc.tmc.edu
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D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D001230:Aspergillus; D001232:Aspergillus fumigatus; D001234:Aspergillus niger; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology