Demographic, Clinical, and Mycologic Differences Between Invasive Fungal Sinusitis and Pneumonia in Hematologic Malignancy
Abstract Among 132 patients with hematologic malignancies and invasive fungal disease, invasive fungal sinusitis was associated with greater dissemination, lower biomarker sensitivity, more diverse fungal pathogens, and higher rates of chronic rhinosinusitis and sinonasal defects than invasive fungal pneumonia. These findings suggest distinct clinical syndromes with different risk factors and diagnostic considerations.
Authors
- Regan W. Bergmark (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3249-4343)
- Esther Arbona‐Haddad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6264-423X)
- Inia Pérez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1760-0427)
- Muneerah M Aleissa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2167-5122)
- Alexis D Liakos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-6616-920X)
- Carolyn Strauch
- Amy C Sherman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6075-3990)
- Victor Kovac (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1811-6565)
- Alexandra Tong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7361-1809)
- Alice Z. Maxfield (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2608-2094)
- Simran Gupta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2006-1236)
- Tejas S. Athni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6336-0826)
- Maria Shehata
Institutions
- Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University (SA)
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Open Forum Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2026-09-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofag613
- Primary Topic
- Sinusitis and nasal conditions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00