Diagnosis of Aspergillus Infection

Guidelines

• IDSA Clinical Practice Guidelines for Aspergillus 2008


• Public Consultation Document:
  EORTC/BAMSG Consensus Revised definitions draft VI
  Proven invasive fungal diseases
  Deep tissue disease
  Moulds

  Responses were required before Monday February 13th 2006.

  Four slide presentations from the ICAAC meeting in December 2006 associated with the EORTC revised definitions VI document:
  • EORTC revised definitions II. Why revise? Process and Definitions by Peter Donnelly.
  • Aspergillosis & Other Filamentous Fungi: Shortcomings of the Old… & Solutions in the New Edition! by Tom Patterson
    
  • EORTC MSG definitions II designed for clinical research not for clinical care.
  • Endemic mycoses in immune compromised patients by Suzanne Bradley.
    
    
• Analysis of Definitions Used In Clinical Research on Invasive Fungal Infections (IFI): Consensus Proposal for New, Standardized Definitions (Sept 03)


• Consultation Document - points to consider on the evaluation of new anti-fungal agents for invasive fungal infections.
  Issued by the Committee for Proprietary Medicinal Products (CPMP); the European Medicines Agency. This draft document is intended for clinicians and feedback is requested. (July 02)


• Risk factors for the development of invasive fungal infections - a flow diagram illustrating susceptibility to invasive Candida and Aspergillus infections (PDF) (01)