Pre-symptomatic (Baseline) computed tomography predicts invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in high-risk adult haemato-oncology patients

M Mansour Ceesay; Sujal R Desai; Joanna Cleverley; Lisa Berry; Melvyn Smith; Jim Wade; Ghulam J Mufti; Antonio Pagliuca

doi:10.1111/bjh.14858

Pre-symptomatic (Baseline) computed tomography predicts invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in high-risk adult haemato-oncology patients

Br J Haematol. 2018 Sep;182(5):723-727. doi: 10.1111/bjh.14858. Epub 2017 Jul 24.

Authors

M Mansour Ceesay¹, Sujal R Desai², Joanna Cleverley³, Lisa Berry⁴, Melvyn Smith⁴, Jim Wade⁵, Ghulam J Mufti¹, Antonio Pagliuca¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Haematological Medicine, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
² Department of Radiology, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
³ Department of Radiology, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
⁴ Department of Virology, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
⁵ Department of Microbiology, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.

PMID: 28737208
DOI: 10.1111/bjh.14858

No abstract available

Keywords: computed tomography; haematopoietic stem cell transplantation; invasive pulmonary aspergillosis; pre-symptomatic disease; pulmonary fungal infections.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Female
Hematologic Neoplasms / complications*
Hematologic Neoplasms / diagnosis
Humans
Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis / diagnosis*
Male
Middle Aged
Observer Variation
Predictive Value of Tests
Reproducibility of Results
Risk Assessment*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / standards