High-level ambient particulate matter before influenza attack with increased incidence of Aspergillus antigenemia in Southern Taiwan, 2016

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J Microbiol Immunol Infect. 2016 Dec 18. pii: S1684-1182(16)30145-1. doi: 10.1016/j.jmii.2016.09.001. [Epub ahead of print]
[h=1]High-level ambient particulate matter before influenza attack with increased incidence of Aspergillus antigenemia in Southern Taiwan, 2016.[/h] Yu WL[SUP]1[/SUP], Liu WL[SUP]2[/SUP], Chan KS[SUP]3[/SUP], Yang CC[SUP]3[/SUP], Tan CK[SUP]3[/SUP], Tsai CL[SUP]3[/SUP], Chen CM[SUP]4[/SUP], Chuang YC[SUP]5[/SUP].
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[h=3]Abstract[/h] We found significant correlation between the incidence of severe influenza and Aspergillus antigenemia among medical intensive care unit patients for 7-month observation (coefficient γ=0.976, p<0.001). High-level ambient pollution was noticed for 2 months before the epidemic, highlighting that influenza patients might coinfect with aspergillosis in the community.
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[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] aspergillosis; epidemic; galactomannan; influenza; particulate matter

PMID: 28065414 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmii.2016.09.001
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