Prevalence of the reversed halo sign in neutropenic patients compared with non‐neutropenic patients: Data from a single‐centre study involving 27 patients with pulmonary mucormycosis (2003‐2016)

Summary Pulmonary mucormycosis (PM) is a life‐threatening infection and the diagnosis can be challenging. The objective was to retrospectively explore the value of the RHS in our cohort of 27 patients with mucormycosis and its relation to neutropenia. This was a retrospective study including all pat...

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Veröffentlicht in:Mycoses 2017-08, Vol.60 (8), p.526-533
Hauptverfasser: Bourcier, Jessie, Heudes, Pierre‐Marie, Morio, Florent, Gastinne, Thomas, Chevallier, Patrice, Rialland‐Battisti, Fanny, Garandeau, Claire, Danner‐Boucher, Isabelle, Le Pape, Patrice, Frampas, Eric, Moreau, Philippe, Defrance, Claire, Peterlin, Pierre
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Zusammenfassung:Summary Pulmonary mucormycosis (PM) is a life‐threatening infection and the diagnosis can be challenging. The objective was to retrospectively explore the value of the RHS in our cohort of 27 patients with mucormycosis and its relation to neutropenia. This was a retrospective study including all patients with a diagnosis of probable or proven invasive PM according to the 2008 EORTC/MSG criteria between September 2003 to April 2016. Fisher's exact test and Mann‐Whitney test, with a P‐value statistically significant under .05 (P
ISSN:0933-7407
1439-0507
DOI:10.1111/myc.12624