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.
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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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Tarrand
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Bodey
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Storey
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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