Aspergillosis: Public Health and Genomic Insights - July 2, 2015

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Aspergillosis: Public Health and Genomic Insights - July 2, 2015

CDC information: Aspergillosis is an infection caused by Aspergillus, a common mold (a type of fungus) that lives indoors and outdoors

Aspergillus PCR: a systematic review of evidence for clinical use in comparison with antigen testing.
White PL et al. Clin. Infect. Dis. 2015 Jun 25.

An update on pediatric invasive aspergillosis.
Frange P et al. Med Mal Infect 2015 Jun (6) 189-198

Paving the way for predictive diagnostics and personalized treatment of invasive aspergillosis.
Oliveira-Coelho A et al. Front Microbiol 2015 411

Diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis: recent developments and ongoing challenges.
Arvanitis M et al. Eur. J. Clin. Invest. 2015 Jun (6) 646-52

Genomic context of azole resistance mutations in aspergillus fumigatus determined using whole-genome sequencing.
Abdolrasouli A et al. MBio 2015 (3)

Genetic analysis using an isogenic mating pair of aspergillus fumigatus identifies azole resistance genes and lack of MAT locus's role in virulence.
Losada L et al. PLoS Pathog. 2015 Apr (4) e1004834

Genome sequence of aspergillus flavus NRRL 3357, a strain that causes aflatoxin contamination of food and feed.
Nierman WC et al. Genome Announc 2015 (2)

Genome sequence comparison of Aspergillus fumigatus strains isolated from patients with pulmonary aspergilloma and chronic necrotizing pulmonary aspergillosis.
Takahashi-Nakaguchi A et al. Med. Mycol. 2015 May (4) 353-60

Genomic analysis for single nucleotide polymorphisms (Asp299Gly and Thr399lle) in Japanese patients with invasive aspergillosis.
Aki K et al. Jpn. J. Infect. Dis. 2015 Mar 13.

Whole-genome comparison of Aspergillus fumigatus strains serially isolated from patients with aspergillosis.
Hagiwara D et al. J. Clin. Microbiol. 2014 Dec (12) 4202-9

Biomarkers for invasive aspergillosis: the challenges continue.
Johnson G et al. Biomark Med 2014 (3) 429-51

Characterization and genetic variability of feed-borne and clinical animal/human Aspergillus fumigatus strains using molecular markers.
Pena GA et al. Med. Mycol. 2015 Jun 30.

Host genetics of invasive Aspergillus and Candida infections.
Wójtowicz A et al. Semin Immunopathol 2015 Mar (2) 173-86

IL1B and DEFB1 polymorphisms increase susceptibility to invasive mold infection after solid-organ transplantation.
Wójtowicz A et al. J. Infect. Dis. 2015 May 15. (10) 1646-57

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