Mycology II: fungal infections in the patient with compromised defenses.
Saprobic fungi, traditionally viewed as contaminants when recovered from specimens, are increasingly considered to be causes of serious infections, particularly in patients with impaired defenses. This increase is due in large part to two facts: These patients are surviving longer, and clinicians ar...
| Publicado en: | Laboratory Medicine Vol. 27; no. 6; pp. 384 - 390 |
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| Formato: | CEU glossary pictorial Journal Article |
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Oxford University Press / USA
1996 Jun
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| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |
| Sumario: | Saprobic fungi, traditionally viewed as contaminants when recovered from specimens, are increasingly considered to be causes of serious infections, particularly in patients with impaired defenses. This increase is due in large part to two facts: These patients are surviving longer, and clinicians are using therapies for these patients that also impair host defenses. The clinical microbiology laboratory plays an important role in the diagnosis of these infections through study and interpretation of results in the context of the clinical setting. |
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