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Latest News and Articles
There have been 23 additions to the articles section. We have picked out a few of the highlights here:
Well-Characterized Monoclonal Antibodies Against Cell Wall Antigen of Aspergillus
Species Improve Immunoassay Specificity and Sensitivity
Detection of invasive aspergillus based on galactomannan (GM) are weakened by the tendency of the antibody to detect several fungal species,
This new monoclonal antibody is claimed to have similar sensitivity to GM but superior specificity as it had minimal cross reactivity with other fungal species.
Treatment of Aspergillosis: Clinical Practice
Guidelines of the Infectious Diseases Society
of America
This document reviews guidelines
for management of the 3 major forms of aspergillosis:
invasive aspergillosis, chronic (and saprophytic)
forms of aspergillosis, and allergic forms of aspergillosis.
Given the public health importance of invasive aspergillosis,
emphasis is placed on the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of the different forms of invasive aspergillosis,
including invasive pulmonary aspergillosis, sinus aspergillosis, disseminated aspergillosis, and several
types of single-organ invasive aspergillosis.
Scientists Find Way to Limit Deadly Toxin in Maize
Researchers in Africa find that indigenous strains of aspergillus that do not produce aflatoxins might be able to be used to control the amount of aflatoxin found in crops (a major problem for maize crops). Non-toxic strains outgrew and largely eliminated toxic strains in soil.
 Doctor dramas Diagnosis: not so bad
Is aspergillus becoming trendy? TV's Dr House diagnoses a case of aspergillosis, while Doc Martin discovers aspergillus as the source of multiple cases of 'aspergillosis' in the fictional town of Portwenn in Cornwall, UK.
Veterinary
Unused drugs for veterinary use.
After extensive enquiries with the senior pharmacist at Wythenshawe Hospital and acquiring the guidence of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain we have discovered a strict embargo on supplying unused and returned drugs (in date) for use by animals or humans. We have therefore abandoned efforts to provide this service.
Case Histories
A new paediatric case entitled "A fatal case of CNS aspergillosis" can be viewed in the case histories section.
Diagnosis
Two new diagnosis articles have been added. Of these one is a new review of the diagnosis and management of paranasal sinus fungal ball.
QUOTE "functional endoscopic sinus
surgery is the gold standard for treatment of this pathology, and antifungal therapy is
unnecessary."
A renewed diagnosis section is coming shortly to take advantage of this new resource, but they can all be accessed in the current section in the meantime.
Educational
Visit our educational materials section and listen to a video interview with a long term ABPA patient.
Searching the website
We now have a dedicated Google Search Appliance for this website. This means you can search the Aspergillus website using Google and it will include nearly all documents on the website (pdf, doc, ppt, html, php etc). and will include parts of the secure sections and eventually index images - a big improvement on earlier search facilites. Try it out here.
HonCode
 Health on the Net Foundation (HonCode) are the formost accrediation service for health-oriented websites. The Aspergillus website has been accredited since 1999 and this has once again been reaffirmed after the latest review in August 2007
RSS
Another record month for our automatic update service. Our RSS pages were accessed 20000 times in September, nearly doubling the total from August.
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