| environmental exposure to aspergillus fumigatus allergen (asp f i). | asp f i is a major allergen produced by the mycelia of aspergillus fumigatus. it is not present in spores and can be used as a specific marker for the detection of germination of this fungus. we investigated the domestic and outdoor concentration of asp f i in poole, u.k. and charlottesville, va, u.s.a. asp f i was undetectable in 95% (281/296) of house dust extracts and present at low levels (< 0.17 micrograms/g of sieved dust, mean 0.038 micrograms/g) in the remainder. in contrast, asp fi coul ... | 1993 | 8319130 |
| preliminary laboratory report of fungal infections associated with contaminated methylprednisolone injections. | in september 2012, the centers for disease control and prevention (cdc) initiated an outbreak investigation of fungal infections linked to injection of contaminated methylprednisolone acetate (mpa). between 2 october 2012 and 14 february 2013, the cdc laboratory received 799 fungal isolates or human specimens, including cerebrospinal fluid (csf), synovial fluid, and abscess tissue, from 469 case patients in 19 states. a novel broad-range pcr assay and dna sequencing were used to evaluate these s ... | 2013 | 23761142 |