The accuracy and clinical impact of the morphological identification of Aspergillus species in the age of cryptic species: A single-centre study.

Keita TakedaJunko SuzukiAkira WatanabeRyo SekiguchiTomoya SanoMasato WatanabeOsamu NarumotoMasahiro KawashimaTakeshi FukamiYuka SasakiAtsuhisa TamuraHideaki NagaiHirotoshi MatsuiKatsuhiko Kamei

Published in: Mycoses (2021)

Diagnostic accuracy was high at the A. fumigatus and A. niger complex level. However, in the presence of cryptic species, a solely morphological identification was insufficient. Particularly, ITC and VRC might be inappropriate for aspergillosis treatment when the A. niger complex is identified morphologically because it is possible that the Aspergillus isolate is A. tubingensis.

Keyphrases

bioinformatics analysis
cell wall
combination therapy
replacement therapy
smoking cessation