Does dexamethasone enhance invasiveness of Aspergillus fumigatus conidia and fibronectin expression in A549 cells?
Dexamethasone can increase invasiveness of A. fumigatus conidia by promoting fibronectin expression. This may partially explain why patients who are given large doses of glucocorticoids for extended periods are more susceptible to A. fumigatus infection.
Whereas other techniques of seed implantation report incontinence in patients who had a prior open prostatectomy or TURP, the real-time method combined with peripheral loading avoids this complication.