Current and Future Pathways in Aspergillus Diagnosis

Aspergillus fumigatus has been designated by the World Health Organization as a critical priority fungal pathogen. Some commercially available diagnostics for many forms of aspergillosis rely on fungal metabolites. These encompass intracellular molecules, cell wall components, and extracellular secretomes. This review summarizes the shortcomings of antibody tests compared to tests of fungal products in body fluids and highlights the application of β-d-glucan, galactomannan, and pentraxin 3 in bronchoalveolar lavage fluids. We also discuss the detection of nucleic acids and next-generation sequencing, along with newer studies on Aspergillus metallophores.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

Enthalten in:

Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) - 12(2023), 2 vom: 13. Feb.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Dobiáš, Radim [VerfasserIn]
Stevens, David A [VerfasserIn]
Havlíček, Vladimír [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

β-d-glucan
Aspergillosis
Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid
Galactomannan
Journal Article
Lateral flow
Metagenomic next-generation sequencing
Metallophore
PCR
Review
Serum assays
Siderophore

Anmerkungen:

Date Revised 28.02.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/antibiotics12020385

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM35336438X