Background: -specific IgG antibody test is considered to be the most reliable method for diagnosing chronic pulmonary aspergillosis (CPA), while its diagnostic roles in different kinds of CPA are still uncertain and it is a challenge of having a threshold to interpret the IgG levels.
Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic value of the Dynamiker quantitative -specific IgG antibody in different types of CPA with the aim of providing a reference for clinical work.
Methods: This prospective study collected the clinical data of patients with suspected CPA admitted to the hospital from January 2020 to December 2022 and divided them into two groups: CPA and non-CPA.
Background: The role of -specific IgG antibody test in the diagnosis of non-neutropenic invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) is still uncertain, and related studies are also limited.
Purpose: This study aims to evaluate the quantitative test value of -specific IgG antibody in non-neutropenic IPA, which could provide additional evidence for related clinical diagnosis.
Methods: This prospective study collected clinical data of suspected IPA patients from January, 2020 to December, 2022, and patients were divided into two groups, IPA and non-IPA.
Background: Primary pulmonary enteric adenocarcinoma (PEAC) is a very rare subtype of invasive adenocarcinoma, and there have been no large studies on PEAC to date. Therefore, it is necessary to obtain much more information about the clinical and pathological features, diagnosis, differential diagnosis, and treatment of PEAC.
Case Summary: All clinical data of six patients with confirmed PEAC from 2013 to 2018 were collected, and data on diagnosis, differential diagnosis, and treatment of PEAC are discussed combined with all the associated literature.
Purpose: Talaromyces marneffei (TM) is a pathogenic fungus endemic in Southeast Asia and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive populations, but studies related to non-endemic areas and HIV-negative populations are still limited. Therefore, this study aims to provide more additional evidence for clinical work of talaromycosis.
Methods: To collect clinical information of patients with talaromycosis admitted to hospitals in Zhejiang Province, China from January 1, 2010 to May 31, 2020, retrospectively analyzed clinical characteristics and prognosis, COX multivariate regression analysis was used for survival analysis.
Background: Histological transformation of lung cancer to small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is uncommon. It is a small subset of the possible resistance mechanisms, even in epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-mutated non-small cell lung cancer treated with EGFR-tyrosine kinase inhibitors. Reports on programmed cell death-1 (PD-1) inhibitors are rare.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFis a rare dimorphic pathogenic fungus that can induce severe infections in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients. However, such infections have also been reported in non-HIV hosts. This current case report describes a very rare case of a pulmonary infection in an HIV-negative patient with a mutation in the tuberous sclerosis complex subunit 2 () gene.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThere are no standard choices on antifungal drugs for talaromycosis due to various factors, and related studies are also limited. This study summarizes and analyzes efficacy of different antifungal drugs for patients with talaromycosis, which can provide more reference evidence for drugs' choices in practice. We conducted a meta-analysis on prognostic impacts of different antifungal drugs against talaromycosis, and primary outcome was all-cause mortality.
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