Background
Cauwenbergh, Geert Frans was born on February 26, 1954 in Mechelen, Antwerp, Belgium. Son of Jan Cauwenbergh and Leona Van Damme. came to the United States, 1994.
(Species of aspergilli are common in man's environment and...)
Species of aspergilli are common in man's environment and are responsible for a wide spectrum of human and animal disease, ranging in animals from mycotic abortion to aflatoxicosis and in humans from localized colonization of the ear or skin to life-threatening systemic infection of neutropenic patients. In recent times, invasive aspergillosis has become increasingly important as a cause of morbidity and death, initially in patients receiving immunosuppression prior to organ transplantation, and latterly in haematologic patients rendered neutropenic by underlying disease or chemotherapy. In some centres, the condition has been recorded in more than 40% of patients dying with acute leukaemia. Laboratory diagnostic procedures are not always helpful and the diagnosis depends largely on clinical parameters. The clinician is faced with yet another problem, that of management. At present, antifungal therapy of invasive aspergillosis can be largely ineffectual, and the mortality rate remains unacceptably high. Since Aspergillus fumigatus was first described almost 125 years ago, several other pathogenic species have been recognized. The marked biosynthetic abilities and varied mechanisms of gene recombination of aspergilli have long commanded attention in food technology and genetics. Their equally varied abilities to cause disease have attracted the interest of toxicologists, allergists and physicians concerned with infectious diseases.
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(Species of aspergilli are common in man's environment and...)
Species of aspergilli are common in man's environment and are responsible for a wide spectrum of human and animal disease, ranging in animals from mycotic abortion to aflatoxicosis and in humans from localized colonization of the ear or skin to life-threatening systemic infection of neutropenic patients. In recent times, invasive aspergillosis has become increasingly important as a cause of morbidity and death, initially in patients receiving immunosuppression prior to organ transplantation, and latterly in haematologic patients rendered neutropenic by underlying disease or chemotherapy. In some centres, the condition has been recorded in more than 40% of patients dying with acute leukaemia. Laboratory diagnostic procedures are not always helpful and the diagnosis depends largely on clinical parameters. The clinician is faced with yet another problem, that of management. At present, antifungal therapy of invasive aspergillosis can be largely ineffectual, and the mortality rate remains unacceptably high. Since Aspergillus fumigatus was first described almost 125 years ago, several other pathogenic species have been recognized. The marked biosynthetic abilities and varied mechanisms of gene recombination of aspergilli have long commanded attention in food technology and genetics. Their equally varied abilities to cause disease have attracted the interest of toxicologists, allergists and physicians concerned with infectious diseases.
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Cauwenbergh, Geert Frans was born on February 26, 1954 in Mechelen, Antwerp, Belgium. Son of Jan Cauwenbergh and Leona Van Damme. came to the United States, 1994.
Student, University Leuven, Belgium, 1975. Master of Science in Biology, University Leuven, Belgium, 1977. Division of Medical Sciences, University Leuven, Belgium, 1988.
Sales representative, Janssen Pharmaceutica, Belgium, 1979;
product manager, Janssen Pharmaceutica, Belgium, 1980-1981;
product coordinator worldwide, Janssen Pharmaceutica, Belgium, 1982-1986;
international director clinical Research and Development, Janssen Pharmaceutica, Belgium, 1986-1994;
vice president Research and Development, Johnson & Johnson, Skillman, New Jersey, since 1994. Corporation director Johnson & Johnson, since 1992. Assistant professor dermatology State University of New York, since 1996.
Consultant World Health Organization, Geneva, 1990-1992. Editor-at-large Marcel Dekker Inc., since 1991.
(Species of aspergilli are common in man's environment and...)
(Species of aspergilli are common in man's environment and...)
Member Flemish Biological Society (vice president 1980-1984), International Society Human and Animal Mycology, European Academy Dermatology, American Academy Dermatology.
Married Greta Maria T'Jonck, July 30, 1977. Children: Wouter, Sarah.