Background In patients with persistent fever and neutropenia, amphotericin B is administered
empirically for the early treatment and prevention of clinically occult invasive fungal …

… Definitive diagnosis requires both histopathologic evidence of acute-angle branching,
septated nonpigmented hyphae measuring 2-4 A in width, and culture(s) yielding Aspergillus …

… Means of continuous variables were compared using Student’s t-test. Medians were compared
with the Mann-Whitney U test. Proportions were compared with the chi-square test with …

… Although this approach made full use of each variable’s data, it did not naturally identify 2
patient groups. We therefore ables analyzed as potential risk factors were categorized as …

… For adults who underwent brain imaging (and were not diagnosed at autopsy), we calculated
hematoma volume using the first CT brain scan after the adult’s presentation with ICH …

The frequency and complications of respiratory viral infections (RVI) were studied in 50
ambulatory lung transplant patients during a single winter season, using viral antigens, viral …

systemic fungal infections are a major problem in bone marrow transplant recipients who
have prolonged neutropenia or who receive high-dose corticosteroids. prophylaxis with …

Objective To analyze a single-center experience with infectious complications of single lung
transplantation (SLT) with special emphasis on risk factors for infection in the transplanted …

… Fisher’s exact test was used to compare categoric data and Student’s t-test was used for
continuous data. … All analyses were performed using Sigma Stat (SPSS, Inc, Chicago, IL). …

… Knowledge of a patient’s serostatus also is useful in management if a patient is exposed to
chickenpox or shingles. Devising strategies for prophylaxis of VZV reactivation is problematic …