2024
Lung infections due to emerging fungal pathogens
Roman F, Pischel L, Azar M. Lung infections due to emerging fungal pathogens. Current Opinion In Pulmonary Medicine 2024, 30: 258-265. PMID: 38411158, DOI: 10.1097/mcp.0000000000001059.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEndemic mycosesManagement of pulmonary infectionsFungal pathogensPathogenic fungiAntifungal prophylaxisBlastomyces speciesFungal infectionsFungal organismsAspergillus moldsEnvironmental changesImmunocompromised hostsPulmonary infectionTherapeutic challengeLung infectionMycosesClinical evidenceClinical managementIncreased incidencePulmonary diseaseEnlarged poolDisease burdenInfectionLomentosporaScedosporiumDiagnostic capabilities
2020
Current Concepts in the Epidemiology, Diagnosis, and Management of Histoplasmosis Syndromes
Azar MM, Loyd JL, Relich RF, Wheat LJ, Hage CA. Current Concepts in the Epidemiology, Diagnosis, and Management of Histoplasmosis Syndromes. Seminars In Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine 2020, 41: 013-030. PMID: 32000281, DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-1698429.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDisseminated diseaseCurrent evidence-based approachesProgressive disseminated diseaseCommon clinical presentationCommunity-acquired pneumoniaChronic pulmonary diseaseSelf-limiting diseaseLiposomal amphotericin BManagement of histoplasmosisEvidence-based approachHistoplasmosis syndromeImmunocompetent patientsPulmonary diseaseClinical presentationCrohn's diseasePreferred agentClinical manifestationsCommon conditionMilder casesAmphotericin BHistoplasmosisAmphotericin B.DiseaseEpidemiologyGlobal disease
2015
Histoplasmosis: Up-to-Date Evidence-Based Approach to Diagnosis and Management
Hage CA, Azar MM, Bahr N, Loyd J, Wheat LJ. Histoplasmosis: Up-to-Date Evidence-Based Approach to Diagnosis and Management. Seminars In Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine 2015, 36: 729-745. PMID: 26398539, DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1562899.BooksConceptsMost patientsPulmonary diseaseAcute pulmonary diseaseChronic cavitary pneumoniaCommon endemic mycosisProgressive disseminated diseaseCommon clinical presentationCommunity-acquired pneumoniaChronic pulmonary diseaseEvaluation of patientsLiposomal amphotericin BDate evidence-based approachGranulomatous inflammatory diseaseDiagnosis of histoplasmosisEvidence-based approachMediastinal manifestationsCavitary pneumoniaDisseminated diseaseClinical presentationCrohn's diseasePreferred agentClinical syndromeAnaerobic infectionsInflammatory diseasesEndemic mycosis