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Neosartorya udagawae (Aspergillus udagawae), an emerging agent of aspergillosis: How different is it from Aspergillus fumigatus?

Sugui JA, Vinh DC, Nardone G, Shea YR, Chang YC, Zelazny AM, Marr KA, Holland SM, Kwon-Chung KJ.

J Clin Microbiol. 2009 Nov 4. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19889894 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Fungal infection prevention after hematopoietic cell transplantation.

Marr KA, Bow E, Chiller T, Maschmeyer G, Ribaud P, Segal B, Steinbach W, Wingard JR, Nucci M.

Bone Marrow Transplant. 2009 Oct;44(8):483-7. No abstract available. PMID: 19861982 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Spread of Cryptococcus gattii into Pacific Northwest region of the United States.

Datta K, Bartlett KH, Baer R, Byrnes E, Galanis E, Heitman J, Hoang L, Leslie MJ, MacDougall L, Magill SS, Morshed MG, Marr KA; Cryptococcus gattii Working Group of the Pacific Northwest.

Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 Aug;15(8):1185-91.PMID: 19757550 [PubMed - in process]Related articlesFree article

Empirical versus preemptive antifungal therapy for fever during neutropenia.

Marr KA, Leisenring W, Bow E.

Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Oct 1;49(7):1138-9; author reply 1139-40. No abstract available. PMID: 19739966 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Patterns of susceptibility of Aspergillus isolates recovered from patients enrolled in the Transplant-Associated Infection Surveillance Network.

Baddley JW, Marr KA, Andes DR, Walsh TJ, Kauffman CA, Kontoyiannis DP, Ito JI, Balajee SA, Pappas PG, Moser SA.

J Clin Microbiol. 2009 Oct;47(10):3271-5. Epub 2009 Aug 19.PMID: 19692558 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Molecular identification of Aspergillus species collected for the Transplant-Associated Infection Surveillance Network.

Balajee SA, Kano R, Baddley JW, Moser SA, Marr KA, Alexander BD, Andes D, Kontoyiannis DP, Perrone G, Peterson S, Brandt ME, Pappas PG, Chiller T.

J Clin Microbiol. 2009 Oct;47(10):3138-41. Epub 2009 Aug 12.PMID: 19675215 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Central nervous system involvement in cryptococcal infection in individuals after solid organ transplantation or with AIDS.

Davis JA, Horn DL, Marr KA, Fishman JA.

Transpl Infect Dis. 2009 Oct;11(5):432-7. Epub 2009 Jul 22.PMID: 19638005 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Epidemiology and outcomes of candidemia in 2019 patients: data from the prospective antifungal therapy alliance registry.

Horn DL, Neofytos D, Anaissie EJ, Fishman JA, Steinbach WJ, Olyaei AJ, Marr KA, Pfaller MA, Chang CH, Webster KM.

Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Jun 15;48(12):1695-703.PMID: 19441981 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Aspergillus section Fumigati typing by PCR-restriction fragment polymorphism.

Staab JF, Balajee SA, Marr KA.

J Clin Microbiol. 2009 Jul;47(7):2079-83. Epub 2009 Apr 29.PMID: 19403766 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Cryptococcus gattii: Emergence in Western North America: Exploitation of a Novel Ecological Niche.

Datta K, Bartlett KH, Marr KA.

Interdiscip Perspect Infect Dis. 2009;2009:176532. Epub 2009 Jan 15.PMID: 19266091 [PubMed - in process]Related articlesFree article

Molecular evidence that the range of the Vancouver Island outbreak of Cryptococcus gattii infection has expanded into the Pacific Northwest in the United States.

Byrnes EJ 3rd, Bildfell RJ, Frank SA, Mitchell TG, Marr KA, Heitman J.

J Infect Dis. 2009 Apr 1;199(7):1081-6.PMID: 19220140 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Initial therapy of acute graft-versus-host disease with low-dose prednisone does not compromise patient outcomes.

Mielcarek M, Storer BE, Boeckh M, Carpenter PA, McDonald GB, Deeg HJ, Nash RA, Flowers ME, Doney K, Lee S, Marr KA, Furlong T, Storb R, Appelbaum FR, Martin PJ.

Blood. 2009 Mar 26;113(13):2888-94. Epub 2008 Nov 10.PMID: 19001082 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Micafungin alone or in combination with other systemic antifungal therapies in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients with invasive aspergillosis.

Kontoyiannis DP, Ratanatharathorn V, Young JA, Raymond J, Laverdière M, Denning DW, Patterson TF, Facklam D, Kovanda L, Arnold L, Lau W, Buell D, Marr KA.

Transpl Infect Dis. 2009 Feb;11(1):89-93. Epub 2008 Oct 8.PMID: 18983417 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Toll-like receptor 4 polymorphisms and aspergillosis in stem-cell transplantation.

Bochud PY, Chien JW, Marr KA, Leisenring WM, Upton A, Janer M, Rodrigues SD, Li S, Hansen JA, Zhao LP, Aderem A, Boeckh M.

N Engl J Med. 2008 Oct 23;359(17):1766-77.PMID: 18946062 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Epidemiology of invasive mold infections in allogeneic stem cell transplant recipients: biological risk factors for infection according to time after transplantation.

Garcia-Vidal C, Upton A, Kirby KA, Marr KA.

Clin Infect Dis. 2008 Oct 15;47(8):1041-50.PMID: 18781877 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Primary antifungal prophylaxis in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients: clinical implications of recent studies.

Marr KA.

Curr Opin Infect Dis. 2008 Aug;21(4):409-14. Review.PMID: 18594294 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Plasminogen alleles influence susceptibility to invasive aspergillosis.

Zaas AK, Liao G, Chien JW, Weinberg C, Shore D, Giles SS, Marr KA, Usuka J, Burch LH, Perera L, Perfect JR, Peltz G, Schwartz DA.

PLoS Genet. 2008 Jun 20;4(6):e1000101.PMID: 18566672 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Pretransplant neutropenia is associated with poor-risk cytogenetic features and increased infection-related mortality in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes.

Scott BL, Park JY, Deeg HJ, Marr KA, Boeckh M, Chauncey TR, Appelbaum FR, Storb R, Storer BE.

Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2008 Jul;14(7):799-806.PMID: 18541200 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Revised definitions of invasive fungal disease from the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer/Invasive Fungal Infections Cooperative Group and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Mycoses Study Group (EORTC/MSG) Consensus Group.

De Pauw B, Walsh TJ, Donnelly JP, Stevens DA, Edwards JE, Calandra T, Pappas PG, Maertens J, Lortholary O, Kauffman CA, Denning DW, Patterson TF, Maschmeyer G, Bille J, Dismukes WE, Herbrecht R, Hope WW, Kibbler CC, Kullberg BJ, Marr KA, Muñoz P, Odds FC, Perfect JR, Restrepo A, Ruhnke M, Segal BH, Sobel JD, Sorrell TC, Viscoli C, Wingard JR, Zaoutis T, Bennett JE; European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer/Invasive Fungal Infections Cooperative Group; National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Mycoses Study Group (EORTC/MSG) Consensus Group.

Clin Infect Dis. 2008 Jun 15;46(12):1813-21.PMID: 18462102 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Aspergillus galactomannan index: a surrogate end point to assess outcome of therapy?

Marr KA.

Clin Infect Dis. 2008 May 1;46(9):1423-5. No abstract available. PMID: 18419446 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Fungal infections in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients.

Marr KA.

Med Mycol. 2008 Jun;46(4):293-302. Review.PMID: 18415836 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Treatment of aspergillosis: clinical practice guidelines of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.

Walsh TJ, Anaissie EJ, Denning DW, Herbrecht R, Kontoyiannis DP, Marr KA, Morrison VA, Segal BH, Steinbach WJ, Stevens DA, van Burik JA, Wingard JR, Patterson TF; Infectious Diseases Society of America.

Clin Infect Dis. 2008 Feb 1;46(3):327-60. No abstract available. PMID: 18177225 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

MyD88 signaling contributes to early pulmonary responses to Aspergillus fumigatus.

Bretz C, Gersuk G, Knoblaugh S, Chaudhary N, Randolph-Habecker J, Hackman RC, Staab J, Marr KA.

Infect Immun. 2008 Mar;76(3):952-8. Epub 2007 Nov 26.PMID: 18039832 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Methods of in vitro macrophage maturation confer variable inflammatory responses in association with altered expression of cell surface dectin-1.

Gersuk GM, Razai LW, Marr KA.

J Immunol Methods. 2008 Jan 1;329(1-2):157-66. Epub 2007 Oct 26.PMID: 17997408 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Risks, diagnosis and outcomes of invasive fungal infections in haematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients.

Barnes PD, Marr KA.

Br J Haematol. 2007 Nov;139(4):519-31. Review.PMID: 17979942 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Use of the PATH Alliance database to measure adherence to IDSA guidelines for the therapy of candidemia.

Horn D, Neofytos D, Fishman J, Steinbach W, Anaisie E, Marr KA, Pfaller M, Olyaei A.

Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2007 Dec;26(12):907-14.PMID: 17899230 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Presentation of the PATH Alliance registry for prospective data collection and analysis of the epidemiology, therapy, and outcomes of invasive fungal infections.

Horn DL, Fishman JA, Steinbach WJ, Anaissie EJ, Marr KA, Olyaei AJ, Pfaller MA, Weiss MA, Webster KM, Neofytos D.

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2007 Dec;59(4):407-14. Epub 2007 Sep 20.PMID: 17888614 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Phenotypic and genotypic identification of human pathogenic aspergilli.

Balajee SA, Marr KA.

Future Microbiol. 2006 Dec;1:435-45. Review.PMID: 17661634 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

First contemporary case of human infection with Cryptococcus gattii in Puget Sound: evidence for spread of the Vancouver Island outbreak.

Upton A, Fraser JA, Kidd SE, Bretz C, Bartlett KH, Heitman J, Marr KA.

J Clin Microbiol. 2007 Sep;45(9):3086-8. Epub 2007 Jun 27.PMID: 17596366 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Fluconazole coadministration concurrent with cyclophosphamide conditioning may reduce regimen-related toxicity postmyeloablative hematopoietic cell transplantation.

Upton A, McCune JS, Kirby KA, Leisenring W, McDonald G, Batchelder A, Marr KA.

Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2007 Jul;13(7):760-4. Epub 2007 Apr 30.PMID: 17580253 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Acquired echinocandin resistance in a Candida krusei isolate due to modification of glucan synthase.

Kahn JN, Garcia-Effron G, Hsu MJ, Park S, Marr KA, Perlin DS.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2007 May;51(5):1876-8. Epub 2007 Feb 26.PMID: 17325225 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Invasive aspergillosis following hematopoietic cell transplantation: outcomes and prognostic factors associated with mortality.

Upton A, Kirby KA, Carpenter P, Boeckh M, Marr KA.

Clin Infect Dis. 2007 Feb 15;44(4):531-40. Epub 2007 Jan 9.PMID: 17243056 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Emergence of opportunistic mould infections in the hematopoietic stem cell transplant patient.

Upton A, Marr KA.

Curr Infect Dis Rep. 2006 Nov;8(6):434-41.PMID: 17064636 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Resistant Microascus cirrosus pneumonia can be treated with a combination of surgery, multiple anti-fungal agents and a growth factor.

Ustun C, Huls G, Stewart M, Marr KA.

Mycopathologia. 2006 Oct;162(4):299-302.PMID: 17039277 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Molecular studies reveal frequent misidentification of Aspergillus fumigatus by morphotyping.

Balajee SA, Nickle D, Varga J, Marr KA.

Eukaryot Cell. 2006 Oct;5(10):1705-12.PMID: 17030996 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

GliZ, a transcriptional regulator of gliotoxin biosynthesis, contributes to Aspergillus fumigatus virulence.

Bok JW, Chung D, Balajee SA, Marr KA, Andes D, Nielsen KF, Frisvad JC, Kirby KA, Keller NP.

Infect Immun. 2006 Dec;74(12):6761-8. Epub 2006 Oct 9.PMID: 17030582 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Aspergillus fumigatus generates an enhanced Th2-biased immune response in mice with defective cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator.

Allard JB, Poynter ME, Marr KA, Cohn L, Rincon M, Whittaker LA.

J Immunol. 2006 Oct 15;177(8):5186-94.PMID: 17015704 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Aspergillosis: spectrum of disease, diagnosis, and treatment.

Barnes PD, Marr KA.

Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2006 Sep;20(3):545-61, vi. Review.PMID: 16984868 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Emergence of a Candida krusei isolate with reduced susceptibility to caspofungin during therapy.

Hakki M, Staab JF, Marr KA.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2006 Jul;50(7):2522-4.PMID: 16801435 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Impact of the intensity of the pretransplantation conditioning regimen in patients with prior invasive aspergillosis undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: A retrospective survey of the Infectious Diseases Working Party of the European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation.

Martino R, Parody R, Fukuda T, Maertens J, Theunissen K, Ho A, Mufti GJ, Kroger N, Zander AR, Heim D, Paluszewska M, Selleslag D, Steinerova K, Ljungman P, Cesaro S, Nihtinen A, Cordonnier C, Vazquez L, López-Duarte M, Lopez J, Cabrera R, Rovira M, Neuburger S, Cornely O, Hunter AE, Marr KA, Dornbusch HJ, Einsele H.

Blood. 2006 Nov 1;108(9):2928-36. Epub 2006 May 23.PMID: 16720833 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Aspergillus ustus infections among transplant recipients.

Panackal AA, Imhof A, Hanley EW, Marr KA.

Emerg Infect Dis. 2006 Mar;12(3):403-8.PMID: 16704776 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Micafungin (FK463), alone or in combination with other systemic antifungal agents, for the treatment of acute invasive aspergillosis.

Denning DW, Marr KA, Lau WM, Facklam DP, Ratanatharathorn V, Becker C, Ullmann AJ, Seibel NL, Flynn PM, van Burik JA, Buell DN, Patterson TF.

J Infect. 2006 Nov;53(5):337-49. Epub 2006 May 6.PMID: 16678903 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Clinical significance of azole antifungal drug cross-resistance in Candida glabrata.

Panackal AA, Gribskov JL, Staab JF, Kirby KA, Rinaldi M, Marr KA.

J Clin Microbiol. 2006 May;44(5):1740-3.PMID: 16672401 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Comparison of three methodologies for the determination of pulmonary fungal burden in experimental murine aspergillosis.

Sheppard DC, Marr KA, Fredricks DN, Chiang LY, Doedt T, Filler SG.

Clin Microbiol Infect. 2006 Apr;12(4):376-80.PMID: 16524415 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Dectin-1 and TLRs permit macrophages to distinguish between different Aspergillus fumigatus cellular states.

Gersuk GM, Underhill DM, Zhu L, Marr KA.

J Immunol. 2006 Mar 15;176(6):3717-24.PMID: 16517740 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

(1-->3) beta -D-glucan assay in the diagnosis of invasive fungal infections.

Upton A, Leisenring W, Marr KA.

Clin Infect Dis. 2006 Apr 1;42(7):1054-6; author reply 1056. No abstract available. PMID: 16511777 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Posaconazole as salvage therapy for zygomycosis.

Greenberg RN, Mullane K, van Burik JA, Raad I, Abzug MJ, Anstead G, Herbrecht R, Langston A, Marr KA, Schiller G, Schuster M, Wingard JR, Gonzalez CE, Revankar SG, Corcoran G, Kryscio RJ, Hare R.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2006 Jan;50(1):126-33.PMID: 16377677 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Mistaken identity: Neosartorya pseudofischeri and its anamorph masquerading as Aspergillus fumigatus.

Balajee SA, Gribskov J, Brandt M, Ito J, Fothergill A, Marr KA.

J Clin Microbiol. 2005 Dec;43(12):5996-9.PMID: 16333088 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

LaeA, a regulator of morphogenetic fungal virulence factors.

Bok JW, Balajee SA, Marr KA, Andes D, Nielsen KF, Frisvad JC, Keller NP.

Eukaryot Cell. 2005 Sep;4(9):1574-82.PMID: 16151250 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Reproducibility of low galactomannan enzyme immunoassay index values tested in multiple laboratories.

Upton A, Gugel A, Leisenring W, Limaye A, Alexander B, Hayden R, Marr KA.

J Clin Microbiol. 2005 Sep;43(9):4796-800.PMID: 16145143 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article