When to Consider the Possibility of a Fungal Infection. An Overview of Clinical Diagnosis and Laboratory Approaches

Cassandra M. Batzlaff; Andrew Harold Limper

doi:10.1016/j.ccm.2017.04.002

When to Consider the Possibility of a Fungal Infection. An Overview of Clinical Diagnosis and Laboratory Approaches

Cassandra M. Batzlaff, Andrew Harold Limper

Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

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Abstract

Fungal infections are an important and increasingly prevalent cause of disease in certain patient populations. These infections can occur both in immune-compromised and immune-competent individuals. Because the number of patients who are immunocompromised is steadily growing, it is vital for clinicians to consider fungal disease in the differential diagnosis of these patients. This article reviews the epidemiology and approach to diagnosis of a variety of fungal infections.

Original language	English (US)
Journal	Clinics in Chest Medicine
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccm.2017.04.002
State	Accepted/In press - 2017

Keywords

Diagnosis
Epidemiology
Fungi
Pneumonia

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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

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