Reply to Mafaciolli and Pasqualotto

Affiliations

¹ Center of Expertise in Mycology Radboudumc/CWZ, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
² Department of Hematology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
³ Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, K.U. Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
⁴ Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Laboratory Services, Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead Hospital, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
⁵ Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
⁶ Department of Hematology, Radboudumc, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

Comment

Paul E Verweij et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2020.

. 2020 Dec 3;71(9):2542-2543.

doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa104.

¹ Center of Expertise in Mycology Radboudumc/CWZ, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
² Department of Hematology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
³ Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, K.U. Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
⁴ Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Laboratory Services, Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead Hospital, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
⁵ Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
⁶ Department of Hematology, Radboudumc, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

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Revision and Update of the Consensus Definitions of Invasive Fungal Disease From the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer and the Mycoses Study Group Education and Research Consortium.
Donnelly JP, Chen SC, Kauffman CA, Steinbach WJ, Baddley JW, Verweij PE, Clancy CJ, Wingard JR, Lockhart SR, Groll AH, Sorrell TC, Bassetti M, Akan H, Alexander BD, Andes D, Azoulay E, Bialek R, Bradsher RW, Bretagne S, Calandra T, Caliendo AM, Castagnola E, Cruciani M, Cuenca-Estrella M, Decker CF, Desai SR, Fisher B, Harrison T, Heussel CP, Jensen HE, Kibbler CC, Kontoyiannis DP, Kullberg BJ, Lagrou K, Lamoth F, Lehrnbecher T, Loeffler J, Lortholary O, Maertens J, Marchetti O, Marr KA, Masur H, Meis JF, Morrisey CO, Nucci M, Ostrosky-Zeichner L, Pagano L, Patterson TF, Perfect JR, Racil Z, Roilides E, Ruhnke M, Prokop CS, Shoham S, Slavin MA, Stevens DA, Thompson GR, Vazquez JA, Viscoli C, Walsh TJ, Warris A, Wheat LJ, White PL, Zaoutis TE, Pappas PG. Donnelly JP, et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Sep 12;71(6):1367-1376. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciz1008. Clin Infect Dis. 2020. PMID: 31802125 Free PMC article.
The Revised Definitions for Invasive Fungal Diseases: Some Advances But Questions Remain.
Mafaciolli R, Pasqualotto AC. Mafaciolli R, et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Dec 3;71(9):2541-2542. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa099. Clin Infect Dis. 2020. PMID: 32006011 No abstract available.

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