Positron emission tomography (PET) uses radioactive tracers and enables the functional
imaging of several metabolic processes, blood flow measurements, regional chemical …

Aim The diagnosis, severity and extent of a sterile inflammation or a septic infection could be
challenging since there is not one single test able to achieve an accurate diagnosis. The …

Invasive aspergillosis (IA) in haematology/oncology patients presents as primary infection or
breakthrough infection, which can become refractory to antifungal treatment and has a high …

In recent years, the global public health community has increasingly recognized the
importance of antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) in the fight to improve outcomes, decrease …

Nocardia spp. is an environmental filamentous Gram-positive bacterium that may cause
infections in humans and, despite recent progress, many challenges remain regarding the …

Invasive fungal disease (IFD) due to moulds other than Aspergillus is a significant cause of
mortality in patients with malignancies or post haemopoietic stem cell transplantation. The …

While not conventionally used as the first-line modality,[18 F]-2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose
(FDG)-positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) can identify infection …

Background Management of neutropenic fever in high-risk haematology patients is
challenging; there are often few localising clinical features, and diagnostic tests have poor …

Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality for
immunocompromised children, particularly for patients with acute leukaemia and those …

The human commensal yeast Candida is the fourth most common cause of hospital-
acquired bloodstream infections, with Candida albicans accounting for the majority of the> …