Global incidence and mortality of severe fungal disease

DW Denning - The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2024 - thelancet.com
Current estimates of fungal disease incidence and mortality are imprecise. Population at risk
denominators were used to estimate annual incidence for 2019–21. Extensive literature …

Siderophores: a potential role as a diagnostic for invasive fungal disease

L Kriegl, V Havlicek, K Dichtl, M Egger… - Current opinion in …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Siderophores and particular TAFC have the potential to revolutionize diagnostic pathways
for invasive aspergillosis and other mould infections. However, larger multicentre studies are …

Decreased echinocandin susceptibility in Candida parapsilosis causing candidemia and emergence of a pan-echinocandin resistant case in China

Y Ning, M Xiao, DS Perlin, Y Zhao, M Lu… - Emerging Microbes & …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Candida parapsilosis is becoming a predominant non-albicans cause of invasive
candidiasis (IC). Echinocandins are the preferred choice for IC treatment and prophylaxis …

[HTML][HTML] The epidemiology of invasive fungal infections in transplant recipients

DE Mahmoud, A Hérivaux, F Morio, B Briard… - Biomedical journal, 2024 - Elsevier
Transplant patients, including solid-organ transplant (SOT) and hematopoietic stem cell
transplant (HSCT) recipients, are exposed to various types of complications, particularly …

[HTML][HTML] Prolonged duration of lymphocyte deficiency, high-grade CRS, and ventilation are linked to fungal breakthrough in patients with hematologic malignancies 60 …

J Yang, J Zhang, J Wei, G Wu, J Song, D Liu… - Journal of Infection and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Risk factors for invasive fungal infections (IFIs) after chimeric antigen receptor-
modified T cells (CAR-T) treatment have been poorly studied. Here we are investigating the …

Candida albicans biofilm formation and growth optimization for functional studies using response surface methodology

B Sadanandan, V Vaniyamparambath… - Journal of Applied …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Aim Optimization of Candida albicans growth and biofilm formation is essential for
understanding the recalcitrance of this pathogen to advance functional analysis on hospital …

[HTML][HTML] High-Risk Neutropenic Fever and Invasive Fungal Diseases in Patients with Hematological Malignancies

G Mori, S Diotallevi, F Farina, R Lolatto, L Galli… - Microorganisms, 2024 - mdpi.com
Invasive fungal diseases (IFDs) still represent a relevant cause of mortality in patients
affected by hematological malignancies, especially acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) and …

[HTML][HTML] The WHO fungal priority pathogens list: a crucial reappraisal to review the prioritisation

G Casalini, A Giacomelli, S Antinori - The Lancet Microbe, 2024 - thelancet.com
In October, 2022, WHO published the first fungal priority pathogen list, which categorised 19
fungal entities into three priority groups (critical, high, and medium), for prioritisation of …

[HTML][HTML] Scedosporium infection disseminated “from toe to head” in allogeneic stem cell transplant recipient: a case report

DA Marinovic, E Bhaimia, GN Forrest, R LaRue… - BMC Infectious …, 2023 - Springer
Background Scedosporium is a lesser-known non-Aspergillus genus of mold that can
present in unsuspecting ways. If overlooked, it may disseminate and cause high mortality in …

[HTML][HTML] Hospital distribution, seasonality, time trends and antifungal susceptibility profiles of all Aspergillus species isolated from clinical samples from 2015 to 2022 …

I Franconi, C Rizzato, E Ghelardi, A Lupetti - BMC microbiology, 2024 - Springer
Background Aspergillus species cause a variety of serious clinical conditions with
increasing trend in antifungal resistance. The present study aimed at evaluating hospital …