Background Long-term health sequelae of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) may be
multiple but have thus far not been systematically studied. Methods All patients discharged …

Background Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis ( ABPA ) is characterised by an exaggerated
Th2 response to A spergillus fumigatus, but the immunological pathways responsible …

Background To date, survival data on risk factors for COVID-19 mortality in western Europe
is limited, and none of the published survival studies have used a competing risk approach. …

We collected sputum samples and cough plates from 15 cystic fibrosis patients in the
Netherlands who were colonized with Aspergillus fumigatus; we recovered A. fumigatus of the …

Elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor (ETI) is a cystic fibrosis (CF) transmembrane conductance
regulator modulator, which has shown efficacy in CF patients (≥6 years) with ≥1 Phe508del …

Cystic fibrosis (CF) can be complicated by fungal infection of the respiratory tract. Fungal
detection rates in CF sputa are highly dependent on the culture protocol and incubation …

Invasive fungal diseases (IFDs) often represent complicated infections in complex patient
populations. The Center of Expertise in Mycology Radboudumc/CWZ (EMRC) organizes a …

In a recent paper published in this journal, Barberan et al. 1 explored the clinical relevance
of Aspergillus isolation from respiratory specimens of COPD patients. Forty percent of the …

The respiratory tract of patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) is colonised with a high diversity of
micro-organisms. Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) show a high and increasing …

Aspergillus flavus is a pathogenic fungal species that can cause pulmonary aspergillosis,
and triazole compounds are used for the treatment of these infections. Prolonged exposure to …