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photo-12 Article: "Epidemiology and Outcome of Mould Infections in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients"

Summary: The authors reviewed the incidence of and risks for mold infections in recipients of hematopoietic stem cell transplants by examining the records of 5,589 patients who underwent transplantation at a cancer research center from 1985 through 1999. They found that after 1992, incidence of invasive aspergillosis increased in allograft recipients and remained high through the 1990s. Infections with non-fumigatus Aspergillus species, Fusarium species, and Zygomycetes increased during the late 1990s, especially in patients who received multiple transplants. According to their research, the overall one-year …