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SUBMITTER: Raffaella G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6940370 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Raffaella Greco G Lorenzo Lazzari L Elisabetta Xue X Andrea Assanelli A Sarah Marktel M Fabio Giglio G Daniela Clerici C Maria Teresa Lupo Stanghellini LS Consuelo Corti C Massimo Bernardi B Fabio Ciceri C Jacopo Peccatori P
Infection & chemotherapy 20191201 4
Invasive fungal diseases (IFDs) are a leading cause of infection-related-mortality after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). In this prospective pilot study, we investigated the use of bedside lung ultrasound (US) in IFD management. Ten consecutive hematological patients, who developed pulmonary IFD after HSCT, were included in the study. Standard computed tomography scan and lung US were performed at IFD diagnosis and 10 days after antifungal treatment. The lung US demons ...[more]