[Diagnosis and treatment of aspergillosis in the patients with chronic granulomatous disease]

Przegl Epidemiol. 2006;60(1):43-7.
[Article in Polish]

Abstract

Chronic granulomatous disease is a rare defect of phagocytosis. Increased susceptibility to infections is limited to catalase positive bacteria and fungi. Aspergillus spp was reported as the increased clinical problem and the main cause of the deaths.

MeSH terms

  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
  • Aspergillosis / diagnosis*
  • Aspergillosis / drug therapy*
  • Aspergillosis / microbiology
  • Aspergillus fumigatus / isolation & purification
  • Aspergillus nidulans / isolation & purification
  • Child
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
  • Granulomatous Disease, Chronic / complications*
  • Granulomatous Disease, Chronic / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents