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1. Decoding the historical tale: COVID-19 impact on haematological malignancy patients—EPICOVIDEHA insights from 2020 to 2022

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Salmanton-Garcia, J., Marchesi, F., Farina, F., Weinbergerova, B., Itri, F., Davila-Valls, J., Martin-Perez, S., Glenthoj, A., Hersby, D. S., Gomes da Silva, M., Nunes Rodrigues, R., Lopez-Garcia, A., Cordoba, R., Bilgin, Y. M., Falces-Romero, I., El-Ashwah, S., Emarah, Z., Besson, C., Kohn, M., Van Doesum, J., Ammatuna, E., Marchetti, M., Labrador, J., Zambrotta, G. P. M., Verga, L., Jaksic, O., Nucci, M., Piukovics, K., Cabirta-Touzon, A., Jimenez, M., Arellano, E., Espigado, I., Blennow, O., Nordlander, A., Meers, S., van Praet, J., Aiello, T. F., Garcia-Vidal, C., Fracchiolla, N., Sciume, M., Seval, G. C., Zak, P., Buquicchio, C., Tascini, C., Grafe, S. K., Schonlein, M., Adzic-Vukicevic, T., Bonuomo, V., Cattaneo, C., Nizamuddin, S., Cernan, M., Plantefeve, G., Prin, R., Szotkovski, T., Collins, G. P., Dargenio, M., Petzer, V., Wolf, D., Colovic, N., Prezioso, L., Valkovic, T., Passamonti, F., Mendez, G. -A., Sili, U., Vena, A., Bavastro, M., Limongelli, A., Duarte, R. F., Ledoux, M. -P., Cvetanoski, M., Stojanoski, Z., Machado, M., Batinic, J., Magliano, G., Biernat, M. M., Pantic, N., Poulsen, C. B., Cuccaro, A., Del Principe, M. I., Kulasekararaj, A., Ormazabal-Velez, I., Busca, A., Demirkan, F., Ijaz, M., Klimko, N., Stoma, I., Khostelidi, S., Fernandez, N., Omrani, A. S., Bergantim, R., De Jonge, N., Fouquet, G., Navratil, M., Abu-Zeinah, G., Samarkos, M., Maertens, J., De Ramon, C., Guidetti, A., Magyari, F., Gonzalez-Lopez, T. J., Lahmer, T., Finizio, O., Ali, N., Pinczes, L. I., Lavilla-Rubira, E., Romano, A., Merelli, M., Delia, M., Calbacho, M., Meletiadis, J., Antic, D., Hernandez-Rivas, J. -A., Marques de Almeida, J., Al-Khabori, M., Hoenigl, M., Tisi, M. C., Khanna, N., Barac, A., Eisa, N., Di Blasi, R., Lievin, R., Miranda-Castillo, C., Bahr, N. C., Lamure, S., Papa, M. V., Yahya, A., Aujayeb, A., Novak, J., Erben, N., Fernandez-Galan, M., Ribera-Santa Susana, J. -M., Rinaldi, I., Fazzi, R., Piedimonte, M., Dulery, R., Gonzaga, Y., Soto-Silva, A., Sapienza, G., Serris, A., Drgona, Groh, A., Serrano, L., Gavriilaki, E., Tragiannidis, A., Prattes, J., Coppola, N., Otasevic, V., Mladenovic, M., Mitrovic, M., Miskovic, B., Jindra, P., Zompi, S., Sacchi, M. V., Krekeler, C., Infante, M. S., Garcia-Bordallo, D., Colak, G. M., Mayer, J., Nygaard, M., Hanakova, M., Racil, Z., Bonanni, Matteo, Koehler, P., Rahimli, L., Cornely, O. A., Pagano, Livio, Martin-Vallejo, F. J., Zdziarski, P., Zarrinfer, H., Wittig, J., Win, S., Wai-Man, V., Visek, B., Vinh, D. C., Vehreschild, M., Varricchio, G., Tsirigotis, P., Torres-Tienza, A., Tanase, A. D., Tafuri, A., Stamouli, M., Sramek, J., Soussain, C., Shirinova, A., Schubert, J., Schalk, E., Salehi, M. R., Saleh, M., Rosati, G., Roldan, E., Reizine, F., Rego, M., Regalado-Artamendi, I., Popova, M., Pinto, F., Philippe, L., Orth, H. M., Ommen, H. -B., Obr, A., Nunez-Martin-Buitrago, L., Noel, N., Neuhann, J., Nadali, G., Nacov, J. A., Munhoz Alburquerque, A. M., Mitra, M. E., Mikulska, M., Mellinghoff, S., Mechtel, B., Martin-Gonzalez, J. -A., Malak, S., Loureiro-Amigo, J., Lorenzo De La Pena, L., Liberti, G., Landau, M., Lacej, I., Kolditz, M., Kho, C. S., Khedr, R. A., Karthaus, M., Karlsson, L. K., Jimenez-Lorenzo, M. -J., Izuzquiza, M., Hoell-Neugebauer, B., Herbrecht, R., Heath, C. H., Guolo, F., Grothe, J., Giordano, A., Gerasymchuk, S., Garcia-Sanz, R., Garcia-Pouton, N., Funke, V. A. M., Fung, M., Flasshove, C., Fianchi, Luana, Essame, J., Egger, M., Drenou, B., Dragonetti, G., Desole, M., Della Pepa, R., Deau Fischer, B., De Kort, E., De Cabo, E., Danion, F., Daguindau, E., Cushion, T., Cremer, L., Criscuolo, Marianna, Cordini, G., Cingolani, Antonella, Ciceri, F., Chowdhury, F. R., Chelysheva, E., Chauchet, A., Chai, L. Y. A., Ceesay, M. M., Busch, E., Brehon, M., Borducchi, D. M. M., Booth, S., Bologna, S., Berg Venemyr, C., Bailen-Almorox, R., Antoniadou, A., Anastasopoulou, A. N., Altuntas, F., Bonanni M., Pagano L. (ORCID:0000-0001-8287-928X), Fianchi L., Criscuolo M., Cingolani A. (ORCID:0000-0002-3793-2755), Salmanton-Garcia, J., Marchesi, F., Farina, F., Weinbergerova, B., Itri, F., Davila-Valls, J., Martin-Perez, S., Glenthoj, A., Hersby, D. S., Gomes da Silva, M., Nunes Rodrigues, R., Lopez-Garcia, A., Cordoba, R., Bilgin, Y. M., Falces-Romero, I., El-Ashwah, S., Emarah, Z., Besson, C., Kohn, M., Van Doesum, J., Ammatuna, E., Marchetti, M., Labrador, J., Zambrotta, G. P. M., Verga, L., Jaksic, O., Nucci, M., Piukovics, K., Cabirta-Touzon, A., Jimenez, M., Arellano, E., Espigado, I., Blennow, O., Nordlander, A., Meers, S., van Praet, J., Aiello, T. F., Garcia-Vidal, C., Fracchiolla, N., Sciume, M., Seval, G. C., Zak, P., Buquicchio, C., Tascini, C., Grafe, S. K., Schonlein, M., Adzic-Vukicevic, T., Bonuomo, V., Cattaneo, C., Nizamuddin, S., Cernan, M., Plantefeve, G., Prin, R., Szotkovski, T., Collins, G. P., Dargenio, M., Petzer, V., Wolf, D., Colovic, N., Prezioso, L., Valkovic, T., Passamonti, F., Mendez, G. -A., Sili, U., Vena, A., Bavastro, M., Limongelli, A., Duarte, R. F., Ledoux, M. -P., Cvetanoski, M., Stojanoski, Z., Machado, M., Batinic, J., Magliano, G., Biernat, M. M., Pantic, N., Poulsen, C. B., Cuccaro, A., Del Principe, M. I., Kulasekararaj, A., Ormazabal-Velez, I., Busca, A., Demirkan, F., Ijaz, M., Klimko, N., Stoma, I., Khostelidi, S., Fernandez, N., Omrani, A. S., Bergantim, R., De Jonge, N., Fouquet, G., Navratil, M., Abu-Zeinah, G., Samarkos, M., Maertens, J., De Ramon, C., Guidetti, A., Magyari, F., Gonzalez-Lopez, T. J., Lahmer, T., Finizio, O., Ali, N., Pinczes, L. I., Lavilla-Rubira, E., Romano, A., Merelli, M., Delia, M., Calbacho, M., Meletiadis, J., Antic, D., Hernandez-Rivas, J. -A., Marques de Almeida, J., Al-Khabori, M., Hoenigl, M., Tisi, M. C., Khanna, N., Barac, A., Eisa, N., Di Blasi, R., Lievin, R., Miranda-Castillo, C., Bahr, N. C., Lamure, S., Papa, M. V., Yahya, A., Aujayeb, A., Novak, J., Erben, N., Fernandez-Galan, M., Ribera-Santa Susana, J. -M., Rinaldi, I., Fazzi, R., Piedimonte, M., Dulery, R., Gonzaga, Y., Soto-Silva, A., Sapienza, G., Serris, A., Drgona, Groh, A., Serrano, L., Gavriilaki, E., Tragiannidis, A., Prattes, J., Coppola, N., Otasevic, V., Mladenovic, M., Mitrovic, M., Miskovic, B., Jindra, P., Zompi, S., Sacchi, M. V., Krekeler, C., Infante, M. S., Garcia-Bordallo, D., Colak, G. M., Mayer, J., Nygaard, M., Hanakova, M., Racil, Z., Bonanni, Matteo, Koehler, P., Rahimli, L., Cornely, O. A., Pagano, Livio, Martin-Vallejo, F. J., Zdziarski, P., Zarrinfer, H., Wittig, J., Win, S., Wai-Man, V., Visek, B., Vinh, D. C., Vehreschild, M., Varricchio, G., Tsirigotis, P., Torres-Tienza, A., Tanase, A. D., Tafuri, A., Stamouli, M., Sramek, J., Soussain, C., Shirinova, A., Schubert, J., Schalk, E., Salehi, M. R., Saleh, M., Rosati, G., Roldan, E., Reizine, F., Rego, M., Regalado-Artamendi, I., Popova, M., Pinto, F., Philippe, L., Orth, H. M., Ommen, H. -B., Obr, A., Nunez-Martin-Buitrago, L., Noel, N., Neuhann, J., Nadali, G., Nacov, J. A., Munhoz Alburquerque, A. M., Mitra, M. E., Mikulska, M., Mellinghoff, S., Mechtel, B., Martin-Gonzalez, J. -A., Malak, S., Loureiro-Amigo, J., Lorenzo De La Pena, L., Liberti, G., Landau, M., Lacej, I., Kolditz, M., Kho, C. S., Khedr, R. A., Karthaus, M., Karlsson, L. K., Jimenez-Lorenzo, M. -J., Izuzquiza, M., Hoell-Neugebauer, B., Herbrecht, R., Heath, C. H., Guolo, F., Grothe, J., Giordano, A., Gerasymchuk, S., Garcia-Sanz, R., Garcia-Pouton, N., Funke, V. A. M., Fung, M., Flasshove, C., Fianchi, Luana, Essame, J., Egger, M., Drenou, B., Dragonetti, G., Desole, M., Della Pepa, R., Deau Fischer, B., De Kort, E., De Cabo, E., Danion, F., Daguindau, E., Cushion, T., Cremer, L., Criscuolo, Marianna, Cordini, G., Cingolani, Antonella, Ciceri, F., Chowdhury, F. R., Chelysheva, E., Chauchet, A., Chai, L. Y. A., Ceesay, M. M., Busch, E., Brehon, M., Borducchi, D. M. M., Booth, S., Bologna, S., Berg Venemyr, C., Bailen-Almorox, R., Antoniadou, A., Anastasopoulou, A. N., Altuntas, F., Bonanni M., Pagano L. (ORCID:0000-0001-8287-928X), Fianchi L., Criscuolo M., and Cingolani A. (ORCID:0000-0002-3793-2755)

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Background: The COVID-19 pandemic heightened risks for individuals with hematological malignancies due to compromised immune systems, leading to more severe outcomes and increased mortality. While interventions like vaccines, targeted antivirals, and monoclonal antibodies have been effective for the general population, their benefits for these patients may not be as pronounced. Methods: The EPICOVIDEHA registry (National Clinical Trials Identifier, NCT04733729) gathers COVID-19 data from hematological malignancy patients since the pandemic's start worldwide. It spans various global locations, allowing comprehensive analysis over the first three years (2020–2022). Findings: The EPICOVIDEHA registry collected data from January 2020 to December 2022, involving 8767 COVID-19 cases in hematological malignancy patients from 152 centers across 41 countries, with 42% being female. Over this period, there was a significant reduction in critical infections and an overall decrease in mortality from 29% to 4%. However, hospitalization, particularly in the ICU, remained associated with higher mortality rates. Factors contributing to increased mortality included age, multiple comorbidities, active malignancy at COVID-19 onset, pulmonary symptoms, and hospitalization. On the positive side, vaccination with one to two doses or three or more doses, as well as encountering COVID-19 in 2022, were associated with improved survival. Interpretation: Patients with hematological malignancies still face elevated risks, despite reductions in critical infections and overall mortality rates over time. Hospitalization, especially in ICUs, remains a significant concern. The study underscores the importance of vaccination and the timing of COVID-19 exposure in 2022 for enhanced survival in this patient group. Ongoing monitoring and targeted interventions are essential to support this vulnerable population, emphasizing the critical role of timely diagnosis and prompt treatment in preventing severe

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2024

2. Anti-infective vaccination strategies in patients with hematologic malignancies or solid tumors—Guideline of the Infectious Diseases Working Party (AGIHO) of the German Society for Hematology and Medical Oncology (DGHO)

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Rieger, C.T., Liss, B., Mellinghoff, S., Buchheidt, D., Cornely, O.A., Egerer, G., Heinz, W.J., Hentrich, M., Maschmeyer, G., Mayer, K., Sandherr, M., Silling, G., Ullmann, A., Vehreschild, M.J.G.T., von Lilienfeld-Toal, M., Wolf, H.H., and Lehners, N.

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2018
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3. Management of sepsis in neutropenic cancer patients: 2018 guidelines from the Infectious Diseases Working Party (AGIHO) and Intensive Care Working Party (iCHOP) of the German Society of Hematology and Medical Oncology (DGHO)

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Kochanek, Matthias, Schalk, E., von Bergwelt-Baildon, M., Beutel, G., Buchheidt, D., Hentrich, M., Henze, L., Kiehl, M., Liebregts, T., von Lilienfeld-Toal, M., Classen, A., Mellinghoff, S., Penack, O., Piepel, C., and Böll, B.

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2019
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5. COVID-19 infection in adult patients with hematological malignancies: a European Hematology Association Survey (EPICOVIDEHA)

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Pagano, L., Salmanton-Garcia, J., Marchesi, F., Busca, A., Corradini, P., Hoenigl, M., Klimko, N., Koehler, P., Pagliuca, A., Passamonti, F., Verga, L., Visek, B., Ilhan, O., Nadali, G., Weinbergerova, B., Cordoba-Mascunano, R., Marchetti, M., Collins, G. P., Farina, F., Cattaneo, C., Cabirta, A., Gomes-Silva, M., Itri, F., van Doesum, J., Ledoux, M. -P., Cernan, M., Jaksic, O., Duarte, R. F., Magliano, G., Omrani, A. S., Fracchiolla, N. S., Kulasekararaj, A., Valkovic, T., Poulsen, C. B., Machado, M., Glenthoj, A., Stoma, I., Racil, Z., Piukovics, K., Navratil, M., Emarah, Z., Sili, U., Maertens, J., Blennow, O., Bergantim, R., Garcia-Vidal, C., Prezioso, L., Guidetti, A., del Principe, M. I., Popova, M., de Jonge, N., Ormazabal-Velez, I., Fernandez, N., Falces-Romero, I., Cuccaro, A., Meers, S., Buquicchio, C., Antic, D., Al-Khabori, M., Garcia-Sanz, R., Biernat, M. M., Tisi, M. C., Sal, E., Rahimli, L., Colovic, N., Schonlein, M., Calbacho, M., Tascini, C., Miranda-Castillo, C., Khanna, N., Mendez, G. -A., Petzer, V., Novak, J., Besson, C., Dulery, R., Lamure, S., Nucci, M., Zambrotta, G., Zak, P., Seval, G. C., Bonuomo, V., Mayer, J., Lopez-Garcia, A., Sacchi, M. V., Booth, S., Ciceri, F., Oberti, M., Salvini, M., Izuzquiza, M., Nunes-Rodrigues, R., Ammatuna, E., Obr, A., Herbrecht, R., Nunez-Martin-Buitrago, L., Mancini, V., Shwaylia, H., Sciume, M., Essame, J., Nygaard, M., Batinic, J., Gonzaga, Y., Regalado-Artamendi, I., Karlsson, L. K., Shapetska, M., Hanakova, M., El-Ashwah, S., Borbenyi, Z., Colak, G. M., Nordlander, A., Dragonetti, G., Maraglino, A. M. E., Rinaldi, A., De Ramon-Sanchez, C., Cornely, O. A., Finizio, O., Fazzi, R., Sapienza, G., Chauchet, A., Van Praet, J., Prattes, J., Dargenio, M., Rossi, C., Shirinova, A., Malak, S., Tafuri, A., Ommen, H. -B., Bologna, S., Khedr, R. A., Choquet, S., Joly, B., Ceesay, M. M., Philippe, L., Kho, C. S., Desole, M., Tsirigotis, P., Otasevic, V., Borducchi, D. M. M., Antoniadou, A., Gaziev, J., Almaslamani, M. A., Garcia-Pouton, N., Paterno, G., Torres-Lopez, A., Tarantini, G., Mellinghoff, S., Grafe, S., Borschel, N., Passweg, J., Merelli, M., Barac, A., Wolf, D., Shaikh, M. U., Thieblemont, C., Bernard, S., Funke, V. A. M., Daguindau, E., Khostelidi, S., Nucci, F. M., Martin-Gonzalez, J. -A., Landau, M., Soussain, C., Laureana, C., Lacombe, K., Kohn, M., Aliyeva, G., Piedimonte, M., Fouquet, G., Rego, M., Hoell-Neugebauer, B., Cartron, G., Pinto, F., Alburquerque, A. M., Passos, J., Yilmaz, A. F., Redondo-Izal, A. -M., Altuntas, F., Heath, C., Kolditz, M., Schalk, E., Guolo, F., Karthaus, M., Della Pepa, R., Vinh, D., Noel, N., Deau Fischer, B., Drenou, B., Mitra, M. E., Meletiadis, J., Bilgin, Y. M., Jindra, P., Espigado, I., Drgona, L., Serris, A., Di Blasi, R., Ali, N., Pagano L. (ORCID:0000-0001-8287-928X), Dragonetti G., Pagano, L., Salmanton-Garcia, J., Marchesi, F., Busca, A., Corradini, P., Hoenigl, M., Klimko, N., Koehler, P., Pagliuca, A., Passamonti, F., Verga, L., Visek, B., Ilhan, O., Nadali, G., Weinbergerova, B., Cordoba-Mascunano, R., Marchetti, M., Collins, G. P., Farina, F., Cattaneo, C., Cabirta, A., Gomes-Silva, M., Itri, F., van Doesum, J., Ledoux, M. -P., Cernan, M., Jaksic, O., Duarte, R. F., Magliano, G., Omrani, A. S., Fracchiolla, N. S., Kulasekararaj, A., Valkovic, T., Poulsen, C. B., Machado, M., Glenthoj, A., Stoma, I., Racil, Z., Piukovics, K., Navratil, M., Emarah, Z., Sili, U., Maertens, J., Blennow, O., Bergantim, R., Garcia-Vidal, C., Prezioso, L., Guidetti, A., del Principe, M. I., Popova, M., de Jonge, N., Ormazabal-Velez, I., Fernandez, N., Falces-Romero, I., Cuccaro, A., Meers, S., Buquicchio, C., Antic, D., Al-Khabori, M., Garcia-Sanz, R., Biernat, M. M., Tisi, M. C., Sal, E., Rahimli, L., Colovic, N., Schonlein, M., Calbacho, M., Tascini, C., Miranda-Castillo, C., Khanna, N., Mendez, G. -A., Petzer, V., Novak, J., Besson, C., Dulery, R., Lamure, S., Nucci, M., Zambrotta, G., Zak, P., Seval, G. C., Bonuomo, V., Mayer, J., Lopez-Garcia, A., Sacchi, M. V., Booth, S., Ciceri, F., Oberti, M., Salvini, M., Izuzquiza, M., Nunes-Rodrigues, R., Ammatuna, E., Obr, A., Herbrecht, R., Nunez-Martin-Buitrago, L., Mancini, V., Shwaylia, H., Sciume, M., Essame, J., Nygaard, M., Batinic, J., Gonzaga, Y., Regalado-Artamendi, I., Karlsson, L. K., Shapetska, M., Hanakova, M., El-Ashwah, S., Borbenyi, Z., Colak, G. M., Nordlander, A., Dragonetti, G., Maraglino, A. M. E., Rinaldi, A., De Ramon-Sanchez, C., Cornely, O. A., Finizio, O., Fazzi, R., Sapienza, G., Chauchet, A., Van Praet, J., Prattes, J., Dargenio, M., Rossi, C., Shirinova, A., Malak, S., Tafuri, A., Ommen, H. -B., Bologna, S., Khedr, R. A., Choquet, S., Joly, B., Ceesay, M. M., Philippe, L., Kho, C. S., Desole, M., Tsirigotis, P., Otasevic, V., Borducchi, D. M. M., Antoniadou, A., Gaziev, J., Almaslamani, M. A., Garcia-Pouton, N., Paterno, G., Torres-Lopez, A., Tarantini, G., Mellinghoff, S., Grafe, S., Borschel, N., Passweg, J., Merelli, M., Barac, A., Wolf, D., Shaikh, M. U., Thieblemont, C., Bernard, S., Funke, V. A. M., Daguindau, E., Khostelidi, S., Nucci, F. M., Martin-Gonzalez, J. -A., Landau, M., Soussain, C., Laureana, C., Lacombe, K., Kohn, M., Aliyeva, G., Piedimonte, M., Fouquet, G., Rego, M., Hoell-Neugebauer, B., Cartron, G., Pinto, F., Alburquerque, A. M., Passos, J., Yilmaz, A. F., Redondo-Izal, A. -M., Altuntas, F., Heath, C., Kolditz, M., Schalk, E., Guolo, F., Karthaus, M., Della Pepa, R., Vinh, D., Noel, N., Deau Fischer, B., Drenou, B., Mitra, M. E., Meletiadis, J., Bilgin, Y. M., Jindra, P., Espigado, I., Drgona, L., Serris, A., Di Blasi, R., Ali, N., Pagano L. (ORCID:0000-0001-8287-928X), and Dragonetti G.

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Background: Patients with hematological malignancies (HM) are at high risk of mortality from SARS-CoV-2 disease 2019 (COVID-19). A better understanding of risk factors for adverse outcomes may improve clinical management in these patients. We therefore studied baseline characteristics of HM patients developing COVID-19 and analyzed predictors of mortality. Methods: The survey was supported by the Scientific Working Group Infection in Hematology of the European Hematology Association (EHA). Eligible for the analysis were adult patients with HM and laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 observed between March and December 2020. Results: The study sample includes 3801 cases, represented by lymphoproliferative (mainly non-Hodgkin lymphoma n = 1084, myeloma n = 684 and chronic lymphoid leukemia n = 474) and myeloproliferative malignancies (mainly acute myeloid leukemia n = 497 and myelodysplastic syndromes n = 279). Severe/critical COVID-19 was observed in 63.8% of patients (n = 2425). Overall, 2778 (73.1%) of the patients were hospitalized, 689 (18.1%) of whom were admitted to intensive care units (ICUs). Overall, 1185 patients (31.2%) died. The primary cause of death was COVID-19 in 688 patients (58.1%), HM in 173 patients (14.6%), and a combination of both COVID-19 and progressing HM in 155 patients (13.1%). Highest mortality was observed in acute myeloid leukemia (199/497, 40%) and myelodysplastic syndromes (118/279, 42.3%). The mortality rate significantly decreased between the first COVID-19 wave (March–May 2020) and the second wave (October–December 2020) (581/1427, 40.7% vs. 439/1773, 24.8%, p value < 0.0001). In the multivariable analysis, age, active malignancy, chronic cardiac disease, liver disease, renal impairment, smoking history, and ICU stay correlated with mortality. Acute myeloid leukemia was a higher mortality risk than lymphoproliferative diseases. Conclusions: This survey confirms that COVID-19 patients with HM are at high risk of lethal complications. Ho

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2021

9. Baseline chest computed tomography as standard of care in high‐risk hematology patients

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Stemler, J., Bruns, C., Mellinghoff, S. C., Alakel, N., Akan, H., Ananda-rajah, M., Auberger, J., Bojko, P., Chandrasekar, P. H., Chayakulkeeree, M., Cozzi, J. A., de Kort, E. A., Groll, A. H., Heath, C. H., Henze, L., Jimenez, M. H., Kanj, S. S., Khanna, N., Koldehoff, M., Lee, D. -G., Mager, A., Marchesi, F., Martino-bufarull, R., Nucci, M., Oksi, J., Pagano, Livio, Phillips, B., Prattes, J., Pyrpasopoulou, A., Rabitsch, W., Schalk, E., Schmidt-hieber, M., Sidharthan, N., Soler-palacin, P., Stern, A., Weinbergerova, B., El Zakhem, A., Cornely, O. A., Koehler, P., Pagano L. (ORCID:0000-0001-8287-928X), Stemler, J., Bruns, C., Mellinghoff, S. C., Alakel, N., Akan, H., Ananda-rajah, M., Auberger, J., Bojko, P., Chandrasekar, P. H., Chayakulkeeree, M., Cozzi, J. A., de Kort, E. A., Groll, A. H., Heath, C. H., Henze, L., Jimenez, M. H., Kanj, S. S., Khanna, N., Koldehoff, M., Lee, D. -G., Mager, A., Marchesi, F., Martino-bufarull, R., Nucci, M., Oksi, J., Pagano, Livio, Phillips, B., Prattes, J., Pyrpasopoulou, A., Rabitsch, W., Schalk, E., Schmidt-hieber, M., Sidharthan, N., Soler-palacin, P., Stern, A., Weinbergerova, B., El Zakhem, A., Cornely, O. A., Koehler, P., and Pagano L. (ORCID:0000-0001-8287-928X)

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Baseline chest computed tomography (BCT) in high‐risk hematology patients allows for the early diagnosis of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA). The distribution of BCT implementation in hematology departments and impact on outcome is unknown. A web‐based questionnaire was designed. International scientific bodies were invited. The estimated numbers of annually treated hematology patients, chest imaging timepoints and techniques, IPA rates, and follow‐up imaging were assessed. In total, 142 physicians from 43 countries participated. The specialties included infectious diseases (n = 69; 49%), hematology (n = 68; 48%), and others (n = 41; 29%). BCT was performed in 57% (n = 54) of 92 hospitals. Upon the diagnosis of malignancy or admission, 48% and 24% performed BCT, respectively, and X‐ray was performed in 48% and 69%, respectively. BCT was more often used in hematopoietic cell transplantation and in relapsed acute leukemia. European centers performed BCT in 59% and non‐European centers in 53%. Median estimated IPA rate was 8% and did not differ between BCT (9%; IQR 5–15%) and non‐BCT centers (7%; IQR 5–10%) (p = 0.69). Follow‐up computed tomography (CT) for IPA was performed in 98% (n = 90) of centers. In high‐risk hematology patients, baseline CT is becoming a standard‐of‐care. Chest X‐ray, while inferior, is still widely used. Randomized, controlled trials are needed to investigate the impact of BCT on patient outcome.

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2020

10. Guidelines for the management of cytomegalovirus infection in patients with haematological malignancies and after stem cell transplantation from the 2017 European Conference on Infections in Leukaemia (ECIL 7)

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Greinix H, Slavin M, De Greef J, Maertens J, Hubacek P, Racil Z, Lundgren J, Bergeron A, Cordonnier C, Di Blasi R, Herbrecht R, Lortholary O, Robin C, Thiebaut A, Einsele H, Lehrnbecher T, Maschmeyer G, Mellinghoff S, Penack O, Roilides E, Kassa C, Averbuch D, Busca A, Cesaro S, Crocchiolo R, Gallo G, Mikulska M, Nosari A, Pagano L, Viscoli C, Blijlevens N, Donnelly P, Koltan P, Styczynski J, de Sousa A, Klyasova G, Aljurf M, Drgona L, de la Camara R, Duarte R, Martino R, Navarro D, Rovira M, Einarsdottir S, Ljungman P, Paukssen K, Wenneras C, Calandra T, Akova M, de Lavallade H, Ward K, Hill J, Dubel L, Mills L, Rupp M, Sanchez S, Zeitler S, and 2017 European Conf Infect Leuka

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2019

12. Global guideline for the diagnosis and management of mucormycosis: an initiative of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology in cooperation with the Mycoses Study Group Education and Research Consortium

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Cornely, O. A., Alastruey-Izquierdo, A., Arenz, D., Chen, S. C. A., Dannaoui, E., Hochhegger, B., Hoenigl, M., Jensen, H. E., Lagrou, K., Lewis, R. E., Mellinghoff, S. C., Mer, M., Pana, Z. D., Seidel, D., Sheppard, D. C., Wahba, R., Akova, M., Alanio, A., Al-Hatmi, A. M. S., Arikan-Akdagli, S., Badali, H., Ben-Ami, R., Bonifaz, A., Bretagne, S., Castagnola, E., Chayakulkeeree, M., Colombo, A. L., Corzo-Leon, D. E., Drgona, L., Groll, A. H., Guinea, J., Heussel, C. -P., Ibrahim, A. S., Kanj, S. S., Klimko, N., Lackner, M., Lamoth, F., Lanternier, F., Lass-Floerl, C., Lee, D. -G., Lehrnbecher, T., Lmimouni, B. E., Mares, M., Maschmeyer, G., Meis, J. F., Meletiadis, J., Morrissey, C. O., Nucci, M., Oladele, R., Pagano, L., Pasqualotto, A., Patel, A., Racil, Z., Richardson, M., Roilides, E., Ruhnke, M., Seyedmousavi, S., Sidharthan, N., Singh, N., Sinko, J., Skiada, A., Slavin, M., Soman, R., Spellberg, B., Steinbach, W., Tan, B. H., Ullmann, A. J., Vehreschild, J. J., Vehreschild, M. J. G. T., Walsh, T. J., White, P. L., Wiederhold, N. P., Zaoutis, T., Chakrabarti, A., Pagano L. (ORCID:0000-0001-8287-928X), Cornely, O. A., Alastruey-Izquierdo, A., Arenz, D., Chen, S. C. A., Dannaoui, E., Hochhegger, B., Hoenigl, M., Jensen, H. E., Lagrou, K., Lewis, R. E., Mellinghoff, S. C., Mer, M., Pana, Z. D., Seidel, D., Sheppard, D. C., Wahba, R., Akova, M., Alanio, A., Al-Hatmi, A. M. S., Arikan-Akdagli, S., Badali, H., Ben-Ami, R., Bonifaz, A., Bretagne, S., Castagnola, E., Chayakulkeeree, M., Colombo, A. L., Corzo-Leon, D. E., Drgona, L., Groll, A. H., Guinea, J., Heussel, C. -P., Ibrahim, A. S., Kanj, S. S., Klimko, N., Lackner, M., Lamoth, F., Lanternier, F., Lass-Floerl, C., Lee, D. -G., Lehrnbecher, T., Lmimouni, B. E., Mares, M., Maschmeyer, G., Meis, J. F., Meletiadis, J., Morrissey, C. O., Nucci, M., Oladele, R., Pagano, L., Pasqualotto, A., Patel, A., Racil, Z., Richardson, M., Roilides, E., Ruhnke, M., Seyedmousavi, S., Sidharthan, N., Singh, N., Sinko, J., Skiada, A., Slavin, M., Soman, R., Spellberg, B., Steinbach, W., Tan, B. H., Ullmann, A. J., Vehreschild, J. J., Vehreschild, M. J. G. T., Walsh, T. J., White, P. L., Wiederhold, N. P., Zaoutis, T., Chakrabarti, A., and Pagano L. (ORCID:0000-0001-8287-928X)

Abstract

Mucormycosis is a difficult to diagnose rare disease with high morbidity and mortality. Diagnosis is often delayed, and disease tends to progress rapidly. Urgent surgical and medical intervention is lifesaving. Guidance on the complex multidisciplinary management has potential to improve prognosis, but approaches differ between health-care settings. From January, 2018, authors from 33 countries in all United Nations regions analysed the published evidence on mucormycosis management and provided consensus recommendations addressing differences between the regions of the world as part of the “One World One Guideline” initiative of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM). Diagnostic management does not differ greatly between world regions. Upon suspicion of mucormycosis appropriate imaging is strongly recommended to document extent of disease and is followed by strongly recommended surgical intervention. First-line treatment with high-dose liposomal amphotericin B is strongly recommended, while intravenous isavuconazole and intravenous or delayed release tablet posaconazole are recommended with moderate strength. Both triazoles are strongly recommended salvage treatments. Amphotericin B deoxycholate is recommended against, because of substantial toxicity, but may be the only option in resource limited settings. Management of mucormycosis depends on recognising disease patterns and on early diagnosis. Limited availability of contemporary treatments burdens patients in low and middle income settings. Areas of uncertainty were identified and future research directions specified.

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2019

15. New AGIHO-guideline for diagnosis and therapy of CVC-associated infections

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Boell, B., Buchheidt, D., Hasenkamp, J., Kiehl, M., Kiderlen, T., Kochanek, M., Koldehoff, M., Kostrewa, P., Loehnert, A., Mellinghoff, S. C., Metzner, B., Penack, O., Ruhnke, M., Enrico, S., Vehreschild, M., Weissinger, F., Wolf, H. -H, Hentrich, M., Karthaus, M., Boell, B., Buchheidt, D., Hasenkamp, J., Kiehl, M., Kiderlen, T., Kochanek, M., Koldehoff, M., Kostrewa, P., Loehnert, A., Mellinghoff, S. C., Metzner, B., Penack, O., Ruhnke, M., Enrico, S., Vehreschild, M., Weissinger, F., Wolf, H. -H, Hentrich, M., and Karthaus, M.

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2018

17. Mucormycosis in patients with diabetes mellitus

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Mellinghoff, S. C., Koehler, P., Seidel, D., Cornely, O. A., Mellinghoff, S. C., Koehler, P., Seidel, D., and Cornely, O. A.

Abstract

Mucormycoses are caused by moulds of the orders Mucorales and Entomophthorales. These fungi are ubiquitous in nature and are transmitted via inhalation, ingestion, or traumatic inoculation. Infections occur almost exclusively in immunosuppressed patients. Patients with diabetes mellitus are a particular group at risk. Mucormycoses can cause cutaneous, gastrointestinal, or pulmonary disease. In diabetic patients, rapidly progressive sinu-orbito-cerebral infection is typical, often leading to loss of central vision. Mucormycosis is frequently lethal due to delayed diagnosis. The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of mucormycosis, while focusing on patients with diabetes mellitus. The European guideline on the diagnosis and management of mucormycosis as well as selected current literature on the topic were reviewed for this article. Mucormycosis is an ultra-orphan disease associated with high mortality. Aggressive, invasive fungal growth often exceeds organ boundaries. The drug of choice for first-line therapy is liposomal amphotericin B. In the case of treatment failure, switching to or the addition of posaconazole should be considered. Isavuconazole, a well-tolerated alternative drug, has also been available since 2016. Ongoing clinical trials are currently focusing on new antifungal drugs and immunotherapy as a novel approach of treatment. Furthermore, investigations are underway to determine whether combining different drugs improves efficacy.

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2018

18. Anti-infective vaccination strategies in patients with hematologic malignancies or solid tumors-Guideline of the Infectious Diseases Working Party (AGIHO) of the German Society for Hematology and Medical Oncology (DGHO)

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Rieger, C. T., Liss, B., Mellinghoff, S., Buchheidt, D., Cornely, O. A., Egerer, G., Heinz, W. J., Hentrich, M., Maschmeyer, G., Mayer, K., Sandherr, M., Silling, G., Ullmann, A., Vehreschild, M. J. G. T., von Lilienfeld-Toal, M., Wolf, H. H., Lehners, N., Rieger, C. T., Liss, B., Mellinghoff, S., Buchheidt, D., Cornely, O. A., Egerer, G., Heinz, W. J., Hentrich, M., Maschmeyer, G., Mayer, K., Sandherr, M., Silling, G., Ullmann, A., Vehreschild, M. J. G. T., von Lilienfeld-Toal, M., Wolf, H. H., and Lehners, N.

Abstract

Infectious complications are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with malignancies specifically when receiving anticancer treatments. Prevention of infection through vaccines is an important aspect of clinical care of cancer patients. Immunocompromising effects of the underlying disease as well as of antineoplastic therapies need to be considered when devising vaccination strategies. This guideline provides clinical recommendations on vaccine use in cancer patients including autologous stem cell transplant recipients, while allogeneic stem cell transplantation is subject of a separate guideline. The document was prepared by the Infectious Diseases Working Party (AGIHO) of the German Society for Hematology and Medical Oncology (DGHO) by reviewing currently available data and applying evidence-based medicine criteria.

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2018

21. Prognostic factors in 260 adults with invasive Scedosporium spp. and Lomentospora prolificans infections from the literature and FungiScope (TM)

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Seidel, D., Meissner, A., Lackner, M., Piepenbrock, E., Salmanton-Garcia, J., Mellinghoff, S., Hamprecht, A., Vehreschild, M. J. G., Vehreschild, J., Wisplinghoff, H., Cornely, A., Seidel, D., Meissner, A., Lackner, M., Piepenbrock, E., Salmanton-Garcia, J., Mellinghoff, S., Hamprecht, A., Vehreschild, M. J. G., Vehreschild, J., Wisplinghoff, H., and Cornely, A.

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2018

23. Diabetes und Stress-Situationen (Operationen, Infektionen, sonstige Stress-Situationen)

Author

Petrides, P., Napp-Mellinghoff, S., Schwiegk, H., editor, Beckmann, R., editor, Berger, M., editor, Beringer, A., editor, Berchtold, P., editor, Beyer, J., editor, Bischoff, A., editor, Brehm, G., editor, Clarke, B. F., editor, Constam, G. R., editor, Duncan, L. J. P., editor, Gries, F. A., editor, Hasselblatt, A., editor, Hild, R., editor, Irmscher, K., editor, Jahnke, K., editor, Kühnau, J., editor, Liebermeister, H., editor, Lundbaek, K., editor, Meyer-Schwickerath, G., editor, Napp-Mellinghoff, Sigrid, editor, Neubauer, M., editor, Nobbe, F., editor, Oberdisse, Karl, editor, Petrides, P., editor, Petzoldt, R., editor, Sauer, H., editor, Schöffling, K., editor, Spitznas, M., editor, Steinke, J., editor, Vogel, M., editor, Vogelberg, K. H., editor, and Wessing, A., editor

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1977
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27. Sarilumab in patients admitted to hospital with severe or critical COVID-19: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial

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François-Xavier Lescure, Hitoshi Honda, Robert A Fowler, Jennifer Sloane Lazar, Genming Shi, Peter Wung, Naimish Patel, Owen Hagino, Ignacio J. Bazzalo, Marcelo M. Casas, Sebastián A. Nuñez, Yael Pere, Carlos M. Ibarrola, Marco A. Solis Aramayo, Maria C. Cuesta, Andrea E. Duarte, Pablo M. Gutierrez Fernandez, Maria A. Iannantuono, Erica A. Miyazaki, Javier P. Silvio, Dario G. Scublinsky, Alessandra Bales, Daniela Catarino, Elie Fiss, Sara Mohrbacher, Victor Sato, Antonio Baylao, Adilson Cavalcante, Francini Correa, Celso A. de Andrade, Juvencio Furtado, Nelson Ribeiro Filho, Valéria Telles, Leopoldo T. Trevelin, Ricardo Vipich, Rodrigo Boldo, Paula Borges, Suzana Lobo, Graziela Luckemeyer, Luana Machado, Maysa B. Alves, Ana C. Iglessias, Marianna M. Lago, Daniel W. Santos, Hugo Chapdelaine, Emilia L. Falcone, Rahima Jamal, Me-Linh Luong, Madeleine Durand, Stephane Doucet, François-Martin Carrier, Bryan A. Coburn, Lorenzo Del Sorbo, Sharon L. Walmsley, Sara Belga, Luke Y. Chen, Allison D. Mah, Theodore Steiner, Alissa J. Wright, J. Hajek, Neill Adhikari, Robert A. Fowler, Nick Daneman, Kosar A. Khwaja, Jason Shahin, Carolina Gonzalez, Rafael Silva, Marcelo Lindh, Gabriel Maluenda, Patricia Fernandez, Maite Oyonarte, Martin Lasso, Alexandre Boyer, Didier Bronnimann, Hoang-Nam Bui, Charles Cazanave, Helene Chaussade, Arnaud Desclaux, Mailys Ducours, Alexandre Duvignaud, Denis Malvy, Lisa Martin, Didier Neau, Duc Nguyen, Thierry Pistone, Gaetane Soubrane-Wirth, Julie Leitao, Clotilde Allavena, Charlotte Biron, Sabelline Bouchez, Benjamin Gaborit, Antoine Gregoire, Paul Le Turnier, Anne-Sophie Lecompte, Raphael Lecomte, Maeva Lefebvre, Francois Raffi, David Boutoille, Pascale H. Morineau, Romain Guéry, Emmanuel Chatelus, Nathalie Dumoussaud, Renaud Felten, Florina Luca, Bernard Goichot, Francis Schneider, Marie-Caroline Taquet, Matthieu Groh, Mathilde Roumier, Mathilde Neuville, Antoine Bachelard, Valentina Isernia, F-Xavier Lescure, Bao-Chau Phung, Anne Rachline, Aurelie Sautereau, Dorothee Vallois, Yves Bleher, Delphine Boucher, Clémentine Coudon, Jean Esnault, Thomas Guimard, Sophie Leautez-Nainville, Dominique Merrien, Marine Morrier, Pauline Motte-Vincent, Romain Gabeff, Hélène Leclerc, Céline Cozic, Romain Decours, Ronan Février, Gwenhael Colin, Sophie Abgrall, Dorothee Vignes, Raluca Sterpu, Mira Kuellmar, Melanie Meersch-Dini, Raphael Weiss, Alexander Zarbock, Christiane Antony, Marc Berger, Thorsten Brenner, Christian Taube, Frank Herbstreit, Sebastian Dolff, Margarethe Konik, Karsten Schmidt, Markus Zettler, Oliver Witzke, Boris Boell, Jorge Garcia Borrega, Philipp Koehler, Thomas Zander, Fabian Dusse, Othman Al-Sawaf, Philipp Köhler, Dennis Eichenauer, Matthias Kochanek, Alexander Shimabukuro-Vornhagen, Sibylle Mellinghoff, Annika Claßen, Jan-Michel Heger, Charlotte Meyer-Schwickerath, Paul Liedgens, Katrin Heindel, Ana Belkin, Asaf Biber, Mayan Gilboa, Itzchak Levy, Vladislav Litachevsky, Galia Rahav, Anat Finesod Wiedner, Tal Zilberman-Daniels, Yonatan Oster, Jacob Strahilevitz, Sigal Sviri, Elena M. Baldissera, Corrado Campochiaro, Giulio Cavalli, Lorenzo Dagna, Giacomo De Luca, Emanuel Della Torre, Alessandro Tomelleri, Davide Bernasconi De Luca, Amedeo F. Capetti, Massimo Coen, Maria V. Cossu, Massimo Galli, Andrea Giacomelli, Guido A. Gubertini, Stefano Rusconi, Giulia J. Burastero, Margherita Digaetano, Giovanni Guaraldi, Marianna Meschiari, Cristina Mussini, Cinzia Puzzolante, Sara Volpi, Marina Aiello, Alarico Ariani, Alfredo A. Chetta, Annalisa Frizzelli, Andrea Ticinesi, Domenico Tuttolomondo, Stefano Aliberti, Francesco B. Blasi, Marta F. Di Pasquale, Sofia Misuraca, Tommaso Pilocane, Edoardo Simonetta, Alessio M. Aghelmo, Claudio Angelini, Enrico Brunetta, Giorgio W. Canonica, Michele Ciccarelli, Sara Dal Farra, Maria De Santis, Sebastian Ferri, Marco Folci, Giacomo M. Guidelli, Enrico M. Heffler, Ferdinando Loiacono, Giacomo Malipiero, Giovanni Paoletti, Rosa Pedale, Francesca A. Puggioni, Francesca Racca, Aurora Zumbo, Morihiko Satou, Tatyana Lisun, Denis Protsenko, Nikolay Rubtsov, Irina Beloglazova, Daria Fomina, Mariana Lysenko, Sofia Serdotetskova, Vitali Firstov, Ivan Gordeev, Ilia Kokorin, Ksenia Komissarova, Nina Lapochkina, Elena Luchinkina, Valentin Malimon, Sevinch Mamedguseyinova, Ksenia Polubatonova, Natalia Suvorova, Jose Arribas, Alberto M. Borobia Perez, Fernando de la Calle Prieto, Juan Carlos Figueira, Rocio Motejano Sanchez, Marta Mora-Rillo, Concepcion Prados Sanchez, Javier Queiruga Parada, Francisco Fernandez Arnalich, Maria Guerro Barrientos, Alejandro Bendala Estrada, Aranzazu Caballero Marcos, Maria E. Garcia Leoni, Rita García-Martínez, Ana María Collado, Patricia Munoz Garcia, Ana Torres do Rego, María V. Villalba García, Almudena Burrillo, Maricela Valerio Minero, Paloma Gijon Vidaurreta, Sonsoles Infante Herrero, Elena Velilla, Marina Machado, Maria Olmedo, Blanca Pinilla, Benito Almirante Gragera, Maria de la Esperanza Cañas Ruano, Sofia Contreras Medina, Alejandro Cortés Herrera, Vicenç Falcó Ferrer, Ricard Ferrer Roca, Xavier Nuvials Casals, Esteve Ribera Pascuet, Paula Suanzes Diez, Pedro Rebollo Castro, Felipe Garcia Alcaide, Alejandro Soriano, Aina Oliver Caldes, Ana González Cordón, Celia Cardozo, Lorena De la Mora Cañizo, Romina Pena López, Sandra Chamorro, Clara Crespillo-Andujar, Rosa Escudero Sanchez, Jesús Fortún-Abete, Begoña Monge-Maillo, Ana Moreno Zamora, Francesca Norman, Matilde Sanchez Conde, Sergio Serrano Villar, Pilar Vizcarra, Lescure, F. -X., Honda, H., Fowler, R. A., Lazar, J. S., Shi, G., Wung, P., Patel, N., Hagino, O., Bazzalo, I. J., Casas, M. M., Nunez, S. A., Pere, Y., Ibarrola, C. M., Solis Aramayo, M. A., Cuesta, M. C., Duarte, A. E., Gutierrez Fernandez, P. M., Iannantuono, M. A., Miyazaki, E. A., Silvio, J. P., Scublinsky, D. G., Bales, A., Catarino, D., Fiss, E., Mohrbacher, S., Sato, V., Baylao, A., Cavalcante, A., Correa, F., de Andrade, C. A., Furtado, J., Ribeiro Filho, N., Telles, V., Trevelin, L. T., Vipich, R., Boldo, R., Borges, P., Lobo, S., Luckemeyer, G., Machado, L., Alves, M. B., Iglessias, A. C., Lago, M. M., Santos, D. W., Chapdelaine, H., Falcone, E. L., Jamal, R., Luong, M. -L., Durand, M., Doucet, S., Carrier, F. -M., Coburn, B. A., Del Sorbo, L., Walmsley, S. L., Belga, S., Chen, L. Y., Mah, A. D., Steiner, T., Wright, A. J., Hajek, J., Adhikari, N., Daneman, N., Khwaja, K. A., Shahin, J., Gonzalez, C., Silva, R., Lindh, M., Maluenda, G., Fernandez, P., Oyonarte, M., Lasso, M., Boyer, A., Bronnimann, D., Bui, H. -N., Cazanave, C., Chaussade, H., Desclaux, A., Ducours, M., Duvignaud, A., Malvy, D., Martin, L., Neau, D., Nguyen, D., Pistone, T., Soubrane-Wirth, G., Leitao, J., Allavena, C., Biron, C., Bouchez, S., Gaborit, B., Gregoire, A., Le Turnier, P., Lecompte, A. -S., Lecomte, R., Lefebvre, M., Raffi, F., Boutoille, D., Morineau, P. H., Guery, R., Chatelus, E., Dumoussaud, N., Felten, R., Luca, F., Goichot, B., Schneider, F., Taquet, M. -C., Groh, M., Roumier, M., Neuville, M., Bachelard, A., Isernia, V., Phung, B. -C., Rachline, A., Sautereau, A., Vallois, D., Bleher, Y., Boucher, D., Coudon, C., Esnault, J., Guimard, T., Leautez-Nainville, S., Merrien, D., Morrier, M., Motte-Vincent, P., Gabeff, R., Leclerc, H., Cozic, C., Decours, R., Fevrier, R., Colin, G., Abgrall, S., Vignes, D., Sterpu, R., Kuellmar, M., Meersch-Dini, M., Weiss, R., Zarbock, A., Antony, C., Berger, M., Brenner, T., Taube, C., Herbstreit, F., Dolff, S., Konik, M., Schmidt, K., Zettler, M., Witzke, O., Boell, B., Garcia Borrega, J., Koehler, P., Zander, T., Dusse, F., Al-Sawaf, O., Kohler, P., Eichenauer, D., Kochanek, M., Shimabukuro-Vornhagen, A., Mellinghoff, S., Classen, A., Heger, J. -M., Meyer-Schwickerath, C., Liedgens, P., Heindel, K., Belkin, A., Biber, A., Gilboa, M., Levy, I., Litachevsky, V., Rahav, G., Finesod Wiedner, A., Zilberman-Daniels, T., Oster, Y., Strahilevitz, J., Sviri, S., Baldissera, E. M., Campochiaro, C., Cavalli, G., Dagna, L., De Luca, Giacomo., Della Torre, E., Tomelleri, A., Bernasconi De Luca, D., Capetti, A. F., Coen, M., Cossu, M. V., Galli, M., Giacomelli, A., Gubertini, G. A., Rusconi, S., Burastero, G. J., Digaetano, M., Guaraldi, G., Meschiari, M., Mussini, C., Puzzolante, C., Volpi, S., Aiello, M., Ariani, A., Chetta, A. A., Frizzelli, A., Ticinesi, A., Tuttolomondo, D., Aliberti, S., Blasi, F. B., Di Pasquale, M. F., Misuraca, S., Pilocane, T., Simonetta, E., Aghelmo, A. M., Angelini, C., Brunetta, E., Canonica, G. W., Ciccarelli, M., Dal Farra, S., De Santis, M., Ferri, S., Folci, M., Guidelli, G. M., Heffler, E. M., Loiacono, F., Malipiero, G., Paoletti, G., Pedale, R., Puggioni, F. A., Racca, F., Zumbo, A., Satou, M., Lisun, T., Protsenko, D., Rubtsov, N., Beloglazova, I., Fomina, D., Lysenko, M., Serdotetskova, S., Firstov, V., Gordeev, I., Kokorin, I., Komissarova, K., Lapochkina, N., Luchinkina, E., Malimon, V., Mamedguseyinova, S., Polubatonova, K., Suvorova, N., Arribas, J., Borobia Perez, A. M., de la Calle Prieto, F., Figueira, J. C., Motejano Sanchez, R., Mora-Rillo, M., Prados Sanchez, C., Queiruga Parada, J., Fernandez Arnalich, F., Guerro Barrientos, M., Bendala Estrada, A., Caballero Marcos, A., Garcia Leoni, M. E., Garcia-Martinez, R., Collado, A. M., Munoz Garcia, P., Torres do Rego, A., Villalba Garcia, M. V., Burrillo, A., Valerio Minero, M., Gijon Vidaurreta, P., Infante Herrero, S., Velilla, E., Machado, M., Olmedo, M., Pinilla, B., Almirante Gragera, B., Canas Ruano, M. D. L. E., Contreras Medina, S., Cortes Herrera, A., Falco Ferrer, V., Ferrer Roca, R., Nuvials Casals, X., Ribera Pascuet, E., Suanzes Diez, P., Rebollo Castro, P., Garcia Alcaide, F., Soriano, A., Oliver Caldes, A., Gonzalez Cordon, A., Cardozo, C., De la Mora Canizo, L., Pena Lopez, R., Chamorro, S., Crespillo-Andujar, C., Escudero Sanchez, R., Fortun-Abete, J., Monge-Maillo, B., Moreno Zamora, A., Norman, F., Sanchez Conde, M., Serrano Villar, S., and Vizcarra, P.

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Male, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, medicine.medical_specialty, Critical Care, International Cooperation, Population, Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized, Placebo, Severity of Illness Index, law.invention, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Randomized controlled trial, law, Internal medicine, Intensive care, Severity of illness, medicine, Clinical endpoint, Humans, Immunologic Factors, 030212 general & internal medicine, Mortality, education, Respiratory Distress Syndrome, education.field_of_study, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, SARS-CoV-2, business.industry, Hazard ratio, COVID-19, Articles, Middle Aged, Receptors, Interleukin-6, Sarilumab, Treatment Outcome, 030228 respiratory system, Female, Drug Monitoring, Cytokine Release Syndrome, business
Abstract

Summary Background Elevated proinflammatory cytokines are associated with greater COVID-19 severity. We aimed to assess safety and efficacy of sarilumab, an interleukin-6 receptor inhibitor, in patients with severe (requiring supplemental oxygen by nasal cannula or face mask) or critical (requiring greater supplemental oxygen, mechanical ventilation, or extracorporeal support) COVID-19. Methods We did a 60-day, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multinational phase 3 trial at 45 hospitals in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, Russia, and Spain. We included adults (≥18 years) admitted to hospital with laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection and pneumonia, who required oxygen supplementation or intensive care. Patients were randomly assigned (2:2:1 with permuted blocks of five) to receive intravenous sarilumab 400 mg, sarilumab 200 mg, or placebo. Patients, care providers, outcome assessors, and investigators remained masked to assigned intervention throughout the course of the study. The primary endpoint was time to clinical improvement of two or more points (seven point scale ranging from 1 [death] to 7 [discharged from hospital]) in the modified intention-to-treat population. The key secondary endpoint was proportion of patients alive at day 29. Safety outcomes included adverse events and laboratory assessments. This study is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT04327388; EudraCT, 2020-001162-12; and WHO, U1111-1249-6021. Findings Between March 28 and July 3, 2020, of 431 patients who were screened, 420 patients were randomly assigned and 416 received placebo (n=84 [20%]), sarilumab 200 mg (n=159 [38%]), or sarilumab 400 mg (n=173 [42%]). At day 29, no significant differences were seen in median time to an improvement of two or more points between placebo (12·0 days [95% CI 9·0 to 15·0]) and sarilumab 200 mg (10·0 days [9·0 to 12·0]; hazard ratio [HR] 1·03 [95% CI 0·75 to 1·40]; log-rank p=0·96) or sarilumab 400 mg (10·0 days [9·0 to 13·0]; HR 1·14 [95% CI 0·84 to 1·54]; log-rank p=0·34), or in proportions of patients alive (77 [92%] of 84 patients in the placebo group; 143 [90%] of 159 patients in the sarilumab 200 mg group; difference −1·7 [−9·3 to 5·8]; p=0·63 vs placebo; and 159 [92%] of 173 patients in the sarilumab 400 mg group; difference 0·2 [−6·9 to 7·4]; p=0·85 vs placebo). At day 29, there were numerical, non-significant survival differences between sarilumab 400 mg (88%) and placebo (79%; difference +8·9% [95% CI −7·7 to 25·5]; p=0·25) for patients who had critical disease. No unexpected safety signals were seen. The rates of treatment-emergent adverse events were 65% (55 of 84) in the placebo group, 65% (103 of 159) in the sarilumab 200 mg group, and 70% (121 of 173) in the sarilumab 400 mg group, and of those leading to death 11% (nine of 84) were in the placebo group, 11% (17 of 159) were in the sarilumab 200 mg group, and 10% (18 of 173) were in the sarilumab 400 mg group. Interpretation This trial did not show efficacy of sarilumab in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 and receiving supplemental oxygen. Adequately powered trials of targeted immunomodulatory therapies assessing survival as a primary endpoint are suggested in patients with critical COVID-19. Funding Sanofi and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals.

Published
2021

28. COVID-19 infection in adult patients with hematological malignancies:a European Hematology Association Survey (EPICOVIDEHA)

Author

Pagano, Livio, Salmanton-García, Jon, Marchesi, Francesco, Busca, Alessandro, Corradini, Paolo, Hoenigl, Martin, Klimko, Nikolai, Koehler, Philipp, Pagliuca, Antonio, Passamonti, Francesco, Verga, Luisa, Víšek, Benjamin, Ilhan, Osman, Nadali, Gianpaolo, Weinbergerová, Barbora, Córdoba-Mascuñano, Raúl, Marchetti, Monia, Collins, Graham P., Farina, Francesca, Cattaneo, Chiara, Cabirta, Alba, Gomes-Silva, Maria, Itri, Federico, van Doesum, Jaap, Ledoux, Marie-Pierre, Čerňan, Martin, Jakšić, Ozren, Duarte, Rafael F., Magliano, Gabriele, Omrani, Ali S., Fracchiolla, Nicola S., Kulasekararaj, Austin, Valković, Toni, Poulsen, Christian Bjørn, Machado, Marina, Glenthøj, Andreas, Stoma, Igor, Ráčil, Zdeněk, Piukovics, Klára, Navrátil, Milan, Emarah, Ziad, Sili, Uluhan, Maertens, Johan, Blennow, Ola, Bergantim, Rui, García-Vidal, Carolina, Prezioso, Lucia, Guidetti, Anna, del Principe, Maria Ilaria, Popova, Marina, de Jonge, Nick, Ormazabal-Vélez, Irati, Fernández, Noemí, Falces-Romero, Iker, Cuccaro, Annarosa, Meers, Stef, Buquicchio, Caterina, Antić, Darko, Al-Khabori, Murtadha, García-Sanz, Ramón, Biernat, Monika M., Tisi, Maria Chiara, Sal, Ertan, Rahimli, Laman, Čolović, Natasa, Schönlein, Martin, Calbacho, Maria, Tascini, Carlo, Miranda-Castillo, Carolina, Khanna, Nina, Méndez, Gustavo-Adolfo, Petzer, Verena, Novák, Jan, Besson, Caroline, Duléry, Rémy, Lamure, Sylvain, Nucci, Marcio, Zambrotta, Giovanni, Žák, Pavel, Seval, Guldane Cengiz, Bonuomo, Valentina, Mayer, Jiří, López-García, Alberto, Sacchi, Maria Vittoria, Booth, Stephen, Ciceri, Fabio, Oberti, Margherita, Salvini, Marco, Izuzquiza, Macarena, Nunes-Rodrigues, Raquel, Ammatuna, Emanuele, Obr, Aleš, Herbrecht, Raoul, Núñez-Martín-Buitrago, Lucía, Mancini, Valentina, Shwaylia, Hawraa, Sciumè, Mariarita, Essame, Jenna, Nygaard, Marietta, Batinić, Josip, Gonzaga, Yung, Regalado-Artamendi, Isabel, Karlsson, Linda Katharina, Shapetska, Maryia, Hanakova, Michaela, El-Ashwah, Shaimaa, Borbényi, Zita, Çolak, Gökçe Melis, Nordlander, Anna, Dragonetti, Giulia, Maraglino, Alessio Maria Edoardo, Rinaldi, Amelia, De Ramón-Sánchez, Cristina, Cornely, Oliver A., Finizio, Olimpia, Fazzi, Rita, Sapienza, Giuseppe, Chauchet, Adrien, Van Praet, Jens, Prattes, Juergen, Dargenio, Michelina, Rossi, Cédric, Shirinova, Ayten, Malak, Sandra, Tafuri, Agostino, Ommen, Hans-Beier, Bologna, Serge, Khedr, Reham Abdelaziz, Choquet, Sylvain, Joly, Bertrand, Ceesay, M. Mansour, Philippe, Laure, Kho, Chi Shan, Desole, Maximilian, Tsirigotis, Panagiotis, Otašević, Vladimir, Borducchi, Davimar M. M., Antoniadou, Anastasia, Gaziev, Javid, Almaslamani, Muna A., García-Poutón, Nicole, Paterno, Giovangiacinto, Torres-López, Andrea, Tarantini, Giuseppe, Mellinghoff, Sibylle, Gräfe, Stefanie, Börschel, Niklas, Passweg, Jakob, Merelli, Maria, Barać, Aleksandra, Wolf, Dominik, Shaikh, Mohammad Usman, Thiéblemont, Catherine, Bernard, Sophie, Funke, Vaneuza Araújo Moreira, Daguindau, Etienne, Khostelidi, Sofya, Nucci, Fabio Moore, Martín-González, Juan-Alberto, Landau, Marianne, Soussain, Carole, Laureana, Cécile, Lacombe, Karine, Kohn, Milena, Aliyeva, Gunay, Piedimonte, Monica, Fouquet, Guillemette, Rêgo, Mayara, Hoell-Neugebauer, Baerbel, Cartron, Guillaume, Pinto, Fernando, Alburquerque, Ana Munhoz, Passos, Juliana, Yilmaz, Asu Fergun, Redondo-Izal, Ana-Margarita, Altuntaş, Fevzi, Heath, Christopher, Kolditz, Martin, Schalk, Enrico, Guolo, Fabio, Karthaus, Meinolf, Della Pepa, Roberta, Vinh, Donald, Noël, Nicolas, Deau Fischer, Bénédicte, Drenou, Bernard, Mitra, Maria Enza, Meletiadis, Joseph, Bilgin, Yavuz M., Jindra, Pavel, Espigado, Ildefonso, Drgoňa, Ľuboš, Serris, Alexandra, Di Blasi, Roberta, Ali, Natasha, EPICOVIDEHA working group, [missing], Pagano, Livio, Salmanton-Garcia, Jon, Marchesi, Francesco, Busca, Alessandro, Corradini, Paolo, Hoenigl, Martin, Klimko, Nikolai, Koehler, Philipp, Pagliuca, Antonio, Passamonti, Francesco, Verga, Luisa, Visek, Benjamin, Ilhan, Osman, Nadali, Gianpaolo, Weinbergerova, Barbora, Cordoba-Mascunano, Raul, Marchetti, Monia, Collins, Graham P., Farina, Francesca, Cattaneo, Chiara, Cabirta, Alba, Gomes-Silva, Maria, Itri, Federico, van Doesum, Jaap, Ledoux, Marie-Pierre, Cernan, Martin, Jaksic, Ozren, Duarte, Rafael F., Magliano, Gabriele, Omrani, Ali S., Fracchiolla, Nicola S., Kulasekararaj, Austin, Valkovic, Toni, Poulsen, Christian Bjorn, Machado, Marina, Glenthoj, Andreas, Stoma, Igor, Racil, Zdenek, Piukovics, Klara, Navratil, Milan, Emarah, Ziad, Sili, Uluhan, Maertens, Johan, Blennow, Ola, Bergantim, Rui, Garcia-Vidal, Carolina, Prezioso, Lucia, Guidetti, Anna, del Principe, Maria Ilaria, Popova, Marina, de Jonge, Nick, Ormazabal-Velez, Irati, Fernandez, Noemi, Falces-Romero, Iker, Cuccaro, Annarosa, Meers, Stef, Buquicchio, Caterina, Antic, Darko, Al-Khabori, Murtadha, Garcia-Sanz, Ramon, Biernat, Monika M., Tisi, Maria Chiara, Sal, Ertan, Rahimli, Laman, Colovic, Natasa, Schonlein, Martin, Calbacho, Maria, Tascini, Carlo, Miranda-Castillo, Carolina, Khanna, Nina, Mendez, Gustavo-Adolfo, Petzer, Verena, Novak, Jan, Besson, Caroline, Dulery, Remy, Lamure, Sylvain, Nucci, Marcio, Zambrotta, Giovanni, Zak, Pavel, Seval, Guldane Cengiz, Bonuomo, Valentina, Mayer, Jiri, Lopez-Garcia, Alberto, Sacchi, Maria Vittoria, Booth, Stephen, Ciceri, Fabio, Oberti, Margherita, Salvini, Marco, Izuzquiza, Macarena, Nunes-Rodrigues, Raquel, Ammatuna, Emanuele, Obr, Ales, Herbrecht, Raoul, Nunez-Martin-Buitrago, Lucia, Mancini, Valentina, Shwaylia, Hawraa, Sciume, Mariarita, Essame, Jenna, Nygaard, Marietta, Batinic, Josip, Gonzaga, Yung, Regalado-Artamendi, Isabel, Karlsson, Linda Katharina, Shapetska, Maryia, Hanakova, Michaela, El-Ashwah, Shaimaa, Borbenyi, Zita, Colak, Gokce Melis, Nordlander, Anna, Dragonetti, Giulia, Maraglino, Alessio Maria Edoardo, Rinaldi, Amelia, De Ramon-Sanchez, Cristina, Cornely, Oliver A., Pagano, L., Salmanton-Garcia, J., Marchesi, F., Busca, A., Corradini, P., Hoenigl, M., Klimko, N., Koehler, P., Pagliuca, A., Passamonti, F., Verga, L., Visek, B., Ilhan, O., Nadali, G., Weinbergerova, B., Cordoba-Mascunano, R., Marchetti, M., Collins, G. P., Farina, F., Cattaneo, C., Cabirta, A., Gomes-Silva, M., Itri, F., van Doesum, J., Ledoux, M. -P., Cernan, M., Jaksic, O., Duarte, R. F., Magliano, G., Omrani, A. S., Fracchiolla, N. S., Kulasekararaj, A., Valkovic, T., Poulsen, C. B., Machado, M., Glenthoj, A., Stoma, I., Racil, Z., Piukovics, K., Navratil, M., Emarah, Z., Sili, U., Maertens, J., Blennow, O., Bergantim, R., Garcia-Vidal, C., Prezioso, L., Guidetti, A., del Principe, M. I., Popova, M., de Jonge, N., Ormazabal-Velez, I., Fernandez, N., Falces-Romero, I., Cuccaro, A., Meers, S., Buquicchio, C., Antic, D., Al-Khabori, M., Garcia-Sanz, R., Biernat, M. M., Tisi, M. C., Sal, E., Rahimli, L., Colovic, N., Schonlein, M., Calbacho, M., Tascini, C., Miranda-Castillo, C., Khanna, N., Mendez, G. -A., Petzer, V., Novak, J., Besson, C., Dulery, R., Lamure, S., Nucci, M., Zambrotta, G., Zak, P., Seval, G. C., Bonuomo, V., Mayer, J., Lopez-Garcia, A., Sacchi, M. V., Booth, S., Ciceri, F., Oberti, M., Salvini, M., Izuzquiza, M., Nunes-Rodrigues, R., Ammatuna, E., Obr, A., Herbrecht, R., Nunez-Martin-Buitrago, L., Mancini, V., Shwaylia, H., Sciume, M., Essame, J., Nygaard, M., Batinic, J., Gonzaga, Y., Regalado-Artamendi, I., Karlsson, L. K., Shapetska, M., Hanakova, M., El-Ashwah, S., Borbenyi, Z., Colak, G. M., Nordlander, A., Dragonetti, G., Maraglino, A. M. E., Rinaldi, A., De Ramon-Sanchez, C., Cornely, O. A., Finizio, O., Fazzi, R., Sapienza, G., Chauchet, A., Van Praet, J., Prattes, J., Dargenio, M., Rossi, C., Shirinova, A., Malak, S., Tafuri, A., Ommen, H. -B., Bologna, S., Khedr, R. A., Choquet, S., Joly, B., Ceesay, M. M., Philippe, L., Kho, C. S., Desole, M., Tsirigotis, P., Otasevic, V., Borducchi, D. M. M., Antoniadou, A., Gaziev, J., Almaslamani, M. A., Garcia-Pouton, N., Paterno, G., Torres-Lopez, A., Tarantini, G., Mellinghoff, S., Grafe, S., Borschel, N., Passweg, J., Merelli, M., Barac, A., Wolf, D., Shaikh, M. U., Thieblemont, C., Bernard, S., Funke, V. A. M., Daguindau, E., Khostelidi, S., Nucci, F. M., Martin-Gonzalez, J. -A., Landau, M., Soussain, C., Laureana, C., Lacombe, K., Kohn, M., Aliyeva, G., Piedimonte, M., Fouquet, G., Rego, M., Hoell-Neugebauer, B., Cartron, G., Pinto, F., Alburquerque, A. M., Passos, J., Yilmaz, A. F., Redondo-Izal, A. -M., Altuntas, F., Heath, C., Kolditz, M., Schalk, E., Guolo, F., Karthaus, M., Della Pepa, R., Vinh, D., Noel, N., Deau Fischer, B., Drenou, B., Mitra, M. E., Meletiadis, J., Bilgin, Y. M., Jindra, P., Espigado, I., Drgona, L., Serris, A., Di Blasi, R., Ali, N., Stem Cell Aging Leukemia and Lymphoma (SALL), Salvy-Córdoba, Nathalie, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Università cattolica del Sacro Cuore = Catholic University of the Sacred Heart [Roma] (Unicatt), University Hospital of Cologne [Cologne], Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, IFO - Istituto Nazionale Tumori Regina Elena [Roma] (IRE), Città della Salute e della Scienza University-Hospital, IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori [Milano], University of California [San Diego] (UC San Diego), University of California (UC), Medical University of Graz, Odessa National I.I.Mechnikov University, Faculty of Medicine [Cologne], University Hospital of Cologne [Cologne]-University of Cologne, King's College Hospital (KCH), Universitá degli Studi dell’Insubria = University of Insubria [Varese] (Uninsubria), Dipartimento di Medicina e Chirurgia = School of Medicine and Surgery [Monza], Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca = University of Milano-Bicocca (UNIMIB), Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Kralove [Republique Tchèque], Charles University [Prague] (CU), Ankara University School of Medicine [Turkey], Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata of Verona, Masaryk University [Brno] (MUNI), Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Fundacion Jimenez Diaz [Madrid] (FJD), Ospedale SS Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo, Churchill Hospital Oxford Centre for Haematology, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute [Milan, Italie], ASST Spedali Civili of Brescia, Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology [Barcelone] (VHIO), Vall d'Hebron University Hospital [Barcelona], Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa Francisco Gentil, Ospedale San Luigi Gonzaga, University Medical Center Groningen [Groningen] (UMCG), Institut de Cancérologie de Strasbourg Europe (ICANS), Palacky University Olomouc, Zagreb School of Medicine [Zagreb, Croatia] (Dubrava University Hospital), University of Zagreb, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro-Majadahonda [Madrid, Spain], ASST Great Metropolitan Niguarda / ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda [Milan, Italia], Hamad Medical Corporation [Doha, Qatar], Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda - 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[0000-0001-9599-3137], Institut Català de la Salut, [Pagano L] Hematology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli - IRCCS – Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy. Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy. [Salmanton-García J] Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf, Excellence Center for Medical Mycology (ECMM), University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany. Cologne Excellence Cluster On Cellular Stress Responses in Aging Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany. [Marchesi F] Hematology and Stem Cell Transplant Unit, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy. [Busca A] Stem Cell Transplant Center, AOU Citta’ Della Salute E Della Scienza, Turin, Italy. [Corradini P] University of Milan and Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Dei Tumori, Milan, Italy. [Hoenigl M] Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA. Clinical and Translational Fungal Working Group, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA. Section of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria. [Cabirta A, Izuzquiza M] Servei d’Hematologia, Vall d’Hebron Hospital Universitari, Barcelona, Spain. Experimental Hematology, Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Barcelona, Spain. Departament de Medicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain, Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Hematology, Salmanton-García, Jon, Klimko, Nikolay, Víšek, Benjamin, Weinbergerová, Barbora, Córdoba, Raúl, Doesum, Jaap van, Čerňan, Martin, Jakšić, Ozren, Magliano, Gabriel, Kulasekararaj, Austin G., Valković, Toni, Poulsen, Christian Bjørn, Glenthøj, Andrea, Ráčil, Zdeněk, Piukovics, Klára, García-Vidal, Carolina, Principe, Maria Ilaria del, Jonge, Nick de, Ormazabal-Vélez, Irati, Antić, Darko, García-Sanz, Ramón, Biernat, Monika, Schönlein, Martin, Calbacho, María, Méndez, Gustavo-Adolfo, Duléry, Rémy, Žák, Pavel, Cengiz Seval, Guldane, Mayer, Jiří, López-García, Alberto, Obr, Aleš, Sciumè, Mariarita, Batinić, Josip, Çolak, Gökçe Melis, Ramón, Cristina de, and Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Medicina

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[SDV.MHEP.HEM] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Hematology, Male, Cancer Research, MESH: Registries, Epidemiology, MESH: Hospitalization, Hematological malignancies, Otros calificadores::Otros calificadores::/complicaciones [Otros calificadores], MESH: Aged, 80 and over, MESH: Risk Factors, [SDV.MHEP.MI]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Infectious diseases, Risk Factors, Malalties - Factors de risc, Risk of mortality, Medicine and Health Sciences, virosis::infecciones por virus ARN::infecciones por Nidovirales::infecciones por Coronaviridae::infecciones por Coronavirus [ENFERMEDADES], 80 and over, Medicine, MESH: COVID-19, Registries, Sang - Malalties - Complicacions, RC254-282, Cause of death, BIOMEDICINA I ZDRAVSTVO. Kliničke medicinske znanosti. Interna medicina, MESH: Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Hematology, MESH: Middle Aged, Mortality rate, Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens, Myeloid leukemia, Virus Diseases::RNA Virus Infections::Nidovirales Infections::Coronaviridae Infections::Coronavirus Infections [DISEASES], [SDV.MHEP.HEM]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Hematology, Middle Aged, CANCER, Europe, Hospitalization, Intensive Care Units, Oncology, MESH: Young Adult, Hematologic Neoplasms, [SDV.MHEP.MI] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Infectious diseases, Female, BIOMEDICINA I ZDRAVSTVO. Kliničke medicinske znanosti. Infektologija, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, [SDV.CAN]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Cancer, COVID-19, EHA, Pandemic, Aged, Humans, SARS-CoV-2, Young Adult, técnicas de investigación::métodos epidemiológicos::estadística como asunto::probabilidad::riesgo::factores de riesgo [TÉCNICAS Y EQUIPOS ANALÍTICOS, DIAGNÓSTICOS Y TERAPÉUTICOS], [SDV.CAN] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Cancer, Intensive care, Internal medicine, Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs, MESH: SARS-CoV-2, neoplasias::neoplasias por localización::neoplasias hematológicas [ENFERMEDADES], Molecular Biology, BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTHCARE. Clinical Medical Sciences. Internal Medicine, pandemic, hematological malignancies, epidemiology, MESH: Humans, Science & Technology, business.industry, Myelodysplastic syndromes, Research, MESH: Adult, Neoplasms::Neoplasms by Site::Hematologic Neoplasms [DISEASES], medicine.disease, BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTHCARE. Clinical Medical Sciences. Infectology, Settore MED/15, MESH: Male, Settore MED/15 - MALATTIE DEL SANGUE, [SDV.SPEE] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie, COVID-19 (Malaltia) - Diagnòstic, MESH: Intensive Care Units, [SDV.SPEE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie, Investigative Techniques::Epidemiologic Methods::Statistics as Topic::Probability::Risk::Risk Factors [ANALYTICAL, DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC TECHNIQUES, AND EQUIPMENT], MESH: Europe, RC633-647.5, business, MESH: Female, Other subheadings::Other subheadings::/complications [Other subheadings], MESH: Hematologic Neoplasms
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Background Patients with hematological malignancies (HM) are at high risk of mortality from SARS-CoV-2 disease 2019 (COVID-19). A better understanding of risk factors for adverse outcomes may improve clinical management in these patients. We therefore studied baseline characteristics of HM patients developing COVID-19 and analyzed predictors of mortality. Methods The survey was supported by the Scientific Working Group Infection in Hematology of the European Hematology Association (EHA). Eligible for the analysis were adult patients with HM and laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 observed between March and December 2020. Results The study sample includes 3801 cases, represented by lymphoproliferative (mainly non-Hodgkin lymphoma n = 1084, myeloma n = 684 and chronic lymphoid leukemia n = 474) and myeloproliferative malignancies (mainly acute myeloid leukemia n = 497 and myelodysplastic syndromes n = 279). Severe/critical COVID-19 was observed in 63.8% of patients (n = 2425). Overall, 2778 (73.1%) of the patients were hospitalized, 689 (18.1%) of whom were admitted to intensive care units (ICUs). Overall, 1185 patients (31.2%) died. The primary cause of death was COVID-19 in 688 patients (58.1%), HM in 173 patients (14.6%), and a combination of both COVID-19 and progressing HM in 155 patients (13.1%). Highest mortality was observed in acute myeloid leukemia (199/497, 40%) and myelodysplastic syndromes (118/279, 42.3%). The mortality rate significantly decreased between the first COVID-19 wave (March–May 2020) and the second wave (October–December 2020) (581/1427, 40.7% vs. 439/1773, 24.8%, p value, EPICOVIDEHA has received funds from Optics COMMITTM (COVID-19 Unmet Medical Needs and Associated Research Extension) COVID-19 RFP program by GILEAD Science, United States (Project 2020-8223).

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2021
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29. Costs and resource utilization patterns in surgical site infections: a pre-COVID-19 perspective from France, Germany, Spain, and the UK.

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Salmanton-García J, Bruns C, Rutz J, Albertsmeier M, Ankert J, Bernard L, Bataille C, Couvé-Deacon E, Fernández-Ferrer M, Fortún J, Galar A, Grill E, Guimard T, Classen AY, Vehreschild JJ, Stemler J, Naendrup JH, Hampl J, Tallon B, Sprute R, Horcajada JP, Mollar-Maseres J, Muñoz P, Pletz MW, Serracino-Inglott F, Soriano A, Vilz TO, Seifert H, Cornely OA, Mellinghoff SC, Liss BJ, and Wingen-Heimann SM

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Humans, Retrospective Studies, Male, Case-Control Studies, Female, Middle Aged, Aged, France epidemiology, Europe, Spain epidemiology, United Kingdom epidemiology, COVID-19 economics, COVID-19 epidemiology, Health Care Costs statistics & numerical data, Adult, Germany epidemiology, Hospitalization economics, Hospitalization statistics & numerical data, Staphylococcus aureus, Surgical Wound Infection economics, Surgical Wound Infection epidemiology, Staphylococcal Infections economics, Staphylococcal Infections epidemiology
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Background: Surgical site infections (SSIs), mainly caused by Staphylococcus aureus, pose a significant economic burden in Europe, leading to increased hospitalization duration, mortality, and treatment costs, particularly with drug-resistant strains such as meticillin-resistant S. aureus., Aim: To conduct a case-control study on the economic impact of S. aureus SSI in adult surgical patients across high-volume centres in France, Germany, Spain, and the UK, aiming to assess the overall and procedure-specific burden across Europe., Methods: The SALT study is a multinational, retrospective cohort study with a nested case-control analysis focused on S. aureus SSI in Europe. The study included participants from France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the UK who underwent invasive surgery in 2016 and employed a micro-costing approach to evaluate health economic factors, matching S. aureus SSI cases with controls., Findings: In 2016, among 178,904 surgical patients in five European countries, 764 developed S. aureus SSI. Matching 744 cases to controls, the study revealed that S. aureus SSI cases incurred higher immediate hospitalization costs (€8,810), compared to controls (€6,032). Additionally, S. aureus SSI cases exhibited increased costs for readmissions within the first year post surgery (€7,961.6 versus €5,298.6), with significant differences observed. Factors associated with increased surgery-related costs included the cost of hospitalization immediately after surgery, first intensive care unit (ICU) admission within 12 months, and hospital readmission within 12 months, as identified through multivariable analysis., Conclusion: The higher rates of hospitalization, ICU admissions, and readmissions among S. aureus SSI cases highlight the severity of these infections and their impact on healthcare costs, emphasizing the potential benefits of evidence-based infection control measures and improved patient care to mitigate the economic burden., (Copyright © 2024 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.)

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2024
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30. Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on training conditions and education in oncologic disciplines: a survey-based analysis.

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Trommer M, Adams A, Bürkle C, Brunner S, Grandoch A, Geffroy A, Franklin C, Gassa A, Meißner AK, Mellinghoff S, Sharma SJ, Schrittenlocher S, Witte L, and Marnitz S

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Humans, Pandemics, Educational Status, COVID-19 epidemiology, Neoplasms epidemiology, Neoplasms radiotherapy
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Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic has led to changes in global health care. Medical societies had to update guidelines and enhance new services such as video consultations. Cancer treatment had to be modified. The aim of this study is to ensure optimal care for cancer patients with the help of high-quality training even in times of crisis. We therefore conducted a nationwide survey of physicians in training in oncological disciplines during the pandemic to assess the impact on their education., Methods: The survey was sent to tumour centres, hospitals, specialist societies, and working and junior research groups and distributed via newsletters and homepages. Interim results and a call for participation were published as a poster (DEGRO) [26] and in the German Cancer Society (DKG) journal FORUM [42]. The survey contained 53 questions on conditions of education and training and on clinical and scientific work. Statistics were carried out with LimeSurvey and SPSS (IBM Corp., Armonk, NY, USA)., Results: Between February and November 2022, 450 participants answered the survey, with radio-oncologists being the largest group (28%). Most colleagues (63%) had access to digital training methods. Virtual sessions were rated as a good alternative, especially as multidisciplinary meetings (54%) as well as in-house and external training programs (48%, 47%). The time spent by training supervisors on education was rated as less than before the pandemic by 57%. Half of all participants perceived communication (54%), motivation (44%) and atmosphere (50%) in the team as bad. The participants felt strongly burdened by extra work (55%) and by a changed team atmosphere (49%). One third felt a change in the quality of training during the pandemic and rated it as negative (35%). According to 37% of the participants, this had little influence on their own quality of work. Additional subgroup analyses revealed significant differences in gender, specialty and education level., Conclusion: In order to improve oncology training in times of crisis, access to digital training options and meetings should be ensured. Participants wish for regular team meetings in person to enable good team spirit, compensation for overtime work and sufficient time for training supervisors for discussion and feedback., (© 2023. The Author(s).)

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2023
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31. Duration of Protection From Pneumonia After Pneumococcal Vaccination in Hemodialysis Patients (DOPPIO): Protocol for a Prospective Multicenter Study.

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Mellinghoff S, von Gersdorff G, Bruns C, Albus K, Dimitriou V, Steinbach A, Schaller M, Vehreschild JJ, Cornely OA, and Liss BJ

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Background: Pneumonia is a leading cause of death in patients with end-stage chronic kidney disease treated with dialysis. Current vaccination schedules recommend pneumococcal vaccination. However, this schedule disregards findings of rapid titer decline in adult hemodialysis patients after 12 months., Objective: The primary objective is to compare pneumonia rates between recently vaccinated patients and patients vaccinated more than 2 years ago. As an exploratory objective, antipneumococcal antibody titers in hemodialysis patients will be determined as a function. Factors influencing antibody kinetics will be identified., Methods: Within this prospective multicenter study, we aim to compare 2 strata of vaccinated patients: those recently vaccinated and those vaccinated more than 2 years ago. A total of 792 patients will be enrolled. Twelve partner sites (within the German Centre for Infection Research [DZIF]) with allocated dialysis practices participate in this study. All dialysis patients who are vaccinated against pneumococcal infection in accordance with Robert Koch Institute guidelines prior to enrollment will be eligible. Data on baseline demographics, vaccination history, and underlying disease will be assessed. Pneumococcal antibody titers will be determined at baseline and every 3 months for 2 years. DZIF clinical trial units coordinate titer assessment schedules and actively follow-up on study patients for 2-5 years after enrollment, including validation of end points of hospitalization, pneumonia, and death., Results: The study has enrolled 792 patients and the last follow-up has been completed. Currently, the statistical and laboratory analyses are ongoing., Conclusions: Results will increase physician adherence to current recommendations. Establishing a framework for the efficient evaluation of guideline recommendations through a combination of routine and study data will inform the evidence base for future guidelines., Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03350425; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03350425., International Registered Report Identifier (irrid): DERR1-10.2196/45712., (©Sibylle Mellinghoff, Gero von Gersdorff, Caroline Bruns, Kerstin Albus, Vassiliki Dimitriou, Angela Steinbach, Mathias Schaller, Jörg Janne Vehreschild, Oliver A Cornely, Blasius Janusch Liss. Originally published in JMIR Research Protocols (https://www.researchprotocols.org), 12.07.2023.)

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2023
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32. Immunity after COVID-19 vaccination in people with higher risk of compromised immune status: a scoping review.

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Kreuzberger N, Hirsch C, Andreas M, Böhm L, Bröckelmann PJ, Di Cristanziano V, Golinski M, Hausinger RI, Mellinghoff S, Lange B, Lischetzki T, Kappler V, Mikolajewska A, Monsef I, Park YS, Piechotta V, Schmaderer C, Stegemann M, Vanshylla K, Weber F, Weibel S, Stephani C, and Skoetz N

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Ad26COVS1, Adult, BNT162 Vaccine, COVID-19 Vaccines, ChAdOx1 nCoV-19, Child, Female, Humans, Pregnancy, SARS-CoV-2, Vaccination, COVID-19 epidemiology, COVID-19 prevention & control, Hematologic Neoplasms, Vaccines
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Background: High efficacy in terms of protection from severe COVID-19 has been demonstrated for several SARS-CoV-2 vaccines. However, patients with compromised immune status develop a weaker and less stable immune response to vaccination. Strong immune response may not always translate into clinical benefit, therefore it is important to synthesise evidence on modified schemes and types of vaccination in these population subgroups for guiding health decisions. As the literature on COVID-19 vaccines continues to expand, we aimed to scope the literature on multiple subgroups to subsequently decide on the most relevant research questions to be answered by systematic reviews., Objectives: To provide an overview of the availability of existing literature on immune response and long-term clinical outcomes after COVID-19 vaccination, and to map this evidence according to the examined populations, specific vaccines, immunity parameters, and their way of determining relevant long-term outcomes and the availability of mapping between immune reactivity and relevant outcomes., Search Methods: We searched the Cochrane COVID-19 Study Register, the Web of Science Core Collection, and the World Health Organization COVID-19 Global literature on coronavirus disease on 6 December 2021.  SELECTION CRITERIA: We included studies that published results on immunity outcomes after vaccination with BNT162b2, mRNA-1273, AZD1222, Ad26.COV2.S, Sputnik V or Sputnik Light, BBIBP-CorV, or CoronaVac on predefined vulnerable subgroups such as people with malignancies, transplant recipients, people undergoing renal replacement therapy, and people with immune disorders, as well as pregnant and breastfeeding women, and children. We included studies if they had at least 100 participants (not considering healthy control groups); we excluded case studies and case series., Data Collection and Analysis: We extracted data independently and in duplicate onto an online data extraction form. Data were represented as tables and as online maps to show the frequency of studies for each item. We mapped the data according to study design, country of participant origin, patient comorbidity subgroup, intervention, outcome domains (clinical, safety, immunogenicity), and outcomes.  MAIN RESULTS: Out of 25,452 identified records, 318 studies with a total of more than 5 million participants met our eligibility criteria and were included in the review. Participants were recruited mainly from high-income countries between January 2020 and 31 October 2021 (282/318); the majority of studies included adult participants (297/318).  Haematological malignancies were the most commonly examined comorbidity group (N = 54), followed by solid tumours (N = 47), dialysis (N = 48), kidney transplant (N = 43), and rheumatic diseases (N = 28, 17, and 15 for mixed diseases, multiple sclerosis, and inflammatory bowel disease, respectively). Thirty-one studies included pregnant or breastfeeding women. The most commonly administered vaccine was BNT162b2 (N = 283), followed by mRNA-1273 (N = 153), AZD1222 (N = 66), Ad26.COV2.S (N = 42), BBIBP-CorV (N = 15), CoronaVac (N = 14), and Sputnik V (N = 5; no studies were identified for Sputnik Light). Most studies reported outcomes after regular vaccination scheme.  The majority of studies focused on immunogenicity outcomes, especially seroconversion based on binding antibody measurements and immunoglobulin G (IgG) titres (N = 179 and 175, respectively). Adverse events and serious adverse events were reported in 126 and 54 studies, whilst SARS-CoV-2 infection irrespective of severity was reported in 80 studies. Mortality due to SARS-CoV-2 infection was reported in 36 studies. Please refer to our evidence gap maps for more detailed information., Authors' Conclusions: Up to 6 December 2021, the majority of studies examined data on mRNA vaccines administered as standard vaccination schemes (two doses approximately four to eight weeks apart) that report on immunogenicity parameters or adverse events. Clinical outcomes were less commonly reported, and if so, were often reported as a secondary outcome observed in seroconversion or immunoglobulin titre studies. As informed by this scoping review, two effectiveness reviews (on haematological malignancies and kidney transplant recipients) are currently being conducted., (Copyright © 2022 The Cochrane Collaboration. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.)

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2022
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33. Prognostic factors in 264 adults with invasive Scedosporium spp. and Lomentospora prolificans infection reported in the literature and FungiScope ® .

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Seidel D, Meißner A, Lackner M, Piepenbrock E, Salmanton-García J, Stecher M, Mellinghoff S, Hamprecht A, Durán Graeff L, Köhler P, Cheng MP, Denis J, Chedotal I, Chander J, Pakstis DL, Los-Arcos I, Slavin M, Montagna MT, Caggiano G, Mares M, Trauth J, Aurbach U, Vehreschild MJGT, Vehreschild JJ, Duarte RF, Herbrecht R, Wisplinghoff H, and Cornely OA

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Adult, Aged, Antifungal Agents therapeutic use, Female, Humans, Immunocompromised Host, Invasive Fungal Infections microbiology, Invasive Fungal Infections mortality, Male, Middle Aged, Neoplasms complications, Organ Transplantation adverse effects, Prognosis, Risk Factors, Survival Analysis, Treatment Outcome, Voriconazole therapeutic use, Invasive Fungal Infections diagnosis, Invasive Fungal Infections pathology, Scedosporium isolation & purification
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Invasive Scedosporium spp. and Lomentospora prolificans infections are an emerging threat in immunocompromised and occasionally in healthy hosts. Scedosporium spp. is intrinsically resistant to most, L. prolificans to all the antifungal drugs currently approved, raising concerns about appropriate treatment decisions. High mortality rates of up to 90% underline the need for comprehensive diagnostic workup and even more for new, effective antifungal drugs to improve patient outcome. For a comprehensive analysis, we identified cases of severe Scedosporium spp. and L. prolificans infections from the literature diagnosed in 2000 or later and the FungiScope ® registry. For 208 Scedosporium spp. infections solid organ transplantation (n = 58, 27.9%) and for 56 L. prolificans infection underlying malignancy (n = 28, 50.0%) were the most prevalent risk factors. L. prolificans infections frequently presented as fungemia (n = 26, 46.4% versus n = 12, 5.8% for Scedosporium spp.). Malignancy, fungemia, CNS and lung involvement predicted worse outcome for scedosporiosis and lomentosporiosis. Patients treated with voriconazole had a better overall outcome in both groups compared to treatment with amphotericin B formulations. This review discusses the epidemiology, prognostic factors, pathogen susceptibility to approved and investigational antifungals, and treatment strategies of severe infections caused by Scedosporium spp. and L. prolificans.

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2019
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34. EQUAL Aspergillosis Score 2018: An ECMM score derived from current guidelines to measure QUALity of the clinical management of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis.

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Cornely OA, Koehler P, Arenz D, and C Mellinghoff S

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Antifungal Agents therapeutic use, Europe, Humans, Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis drug therapy, Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis microbiology, Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis diagnosis, Practice Guidelines as Topic standards
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Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis is a serious threat to immunocompromised and critical care patients. Recent detailed guidelines and treatment algorithms lead microbiologists and clinicians in diagnosis and treatment of invasive aspergillosis. Currently, there is no tool available that allows to measure guideline adherence. To develop such a tool, we reviewed current guidelines provided by five scientific societies (European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, European Confederation of Medical Mycology, European Respiratory Society, Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), and Infectious Diseases Working Party of the German Society for Hematology and Medical Oncology) and selected the strongest recommendations for management as key components for our scoring tool. We integrated diagnostic measures (chest computed tomography, bronchoalveolar lavage with galactomannan, fungal culture, fungal polymerase chain reaction analysis, species identification, susceptibility testing, histology with silver stain, Periodic acid-Schiff staining, and molecular diagnostics), treatment (antifungal choice and therapeutic drug monitoring), and follow-up computed tomography. The EQUAL Aspergillosis Score 2018 aggregates and weighs the components and provides a tool to support antifungal stewardship and to quantify guideline adherence., (© 2018 Blackwell Verlag GmbH.)

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2018
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35. Novel bi-allelic splice mutations in CARD9 causing adult-onset Candida endophthalmitis.

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Gavino C, Mellinghoff S, Cornely OA, Landekic M, Le C, Langelier M, Golizeh M, Proske S, and Vinh DC

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CARD Signaling Adaptor Proteins deficiency, Candida albicans immunology, Candida albicans isolation & purification, Candidiasis, Invasive complications, Candidiasis, Invasive drug therapy, Computer Simulation, Endophthalmitis drug therapy, Female, Genetic Variation, Humans, Middle Aged, Sequence Analysis, DNA, Alleles, CARD Signaling Adaptor Proteins genetics, Candidiasis, Invasive genetics, Endophthalmitis microbiology, Mutation, RNA Splicing genetics
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CARD9 deficiency (CANDF2; OMIM# 212050) is an autosomal-recessive monogenic inborn error of immunity conferring susceptibility to invasive fungal diseases, including the very distinct syndrome of spontaneous central nervous system candidiasis, in which opportunistic yeast of the genus Candida infect the central nervous system (either brain parenchyma and/or meninges) in the absence of trauma, chemotherapy or underlying systemic disease. We present a patient with spontaneous endophthalmitis of the right eye due to Candida albicans; further investigations revealed concomitant cerebral abscess. She had a history of left endophthalmitis due to the dematiaceous mould, Aureobasidium pullulans, 15 years earlier. Targeted sequencing of the CARD9 gene revealed 2 novel variants (c.184G>A and c.288C>T). Analysis in silico predicted each variant altered splicing, which was confirmed by sequencing of cDNA from proband and carrier offsprings: c.184G>A results in a 4-base pair frameshift deletion with loss of allelic expression; c.288C>T results in an in-frame 36-bp pair deletion with detectable protein. CARD9 deficiency can present with a phenotype of spontaneous candidal endophthalmitis. We report 2 novel mutations in CARD9, both affecting splicing, expanding the range of morbid variants causing CARD9 deficiency, emphasising the importance of both genomic and cDNA sequencing for this condition., (© 2017 Blackwell Verlag GmbH.)

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2018
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