[HTML][HTML] COVID-19-associated candidiasis: possible patho-mechanism, predisposing factors, and prevention strategies

N Ahmed, MS Mahmood, MA Ullah, Y Araf… - Current …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), is threatening public health. A large number of …

[HTML][HTML] Root causes of fungal coinfections in COVID-19 infected patients

A Amin, A Vartanian, N Poladian, A Voloshko… - Infectious disease …, 2021 - mdpi.com
COVID-19 is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
and has infected over 200 million people, causing over 4 million deaths. COVID-19 infection …

Coronavirus disease 2019–associated invasive fungal infection

JW Baddley, GR Thompson III… - Open forum …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) can become complicated by secondary
invasive fungal infections (IFIs), stemming primarily from severe lung damage and …

[HTML][HTML] Pre-exposure to mRNA-LNP inhibits adaptive immune responses and alters innate immune fitness in an inheritable fashion

Z Qin, A Bouteau, C Herbst, BZ Igyártó - PLoS Pathogens, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Hundreds of millions of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA-LNP vaccine doses have already been
administered to humans. However, we lack a comprehensive understanding of the immune …

[HTML][HTML] Mucormycosis an added burden to Covid-19 Patients: An in-depth systematic review

NN Shah, Z Khan, H Ahad, AY Elderdery… - Journal of infection and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract As of 25th July, 2022, global Disease burden of 575,430,244 confirmed cases and
over 6,403,511 deaths have been attributed to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Co …

[HTML][HTML] Fungal infections other than invasive aspergillosis in COVID-19 patients

K Basile, C Halliday, J Kok, SCA Chen - Journal of Fungi, 2022 - mdpi.com
Invasive fungal disease (IFD) associated with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has
focussed predominantly on invasive pulmonary aspergillosis. However, increasingly …

[HTML][HTML] Epidemiology of systemic mycoses in the COVID-19 pandemic

MG Frias-De-Leon, R Pinto-Almazan… - Journal of Fungi, 2021 - mdpi.com
The physiopathologic characteristics of COVID-19 (high levels of inflammatory cytokines and
T-cell reduction) promote fungal colonization and infection, which can go unnoticed because …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in fungal serine protease inhibitors

E Burchacka, P Pięta, A Łupicka-Słowik - Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 2022 - Elsevier
Four types of antifungal drugs are available that include inhibitors of ergosterol synthesis, of
fungal RNA biosynthesis, and of cell wall biosynthesis as well as physiochemical regulators …

[HTML][HTML] Opportunistic mycoses in COVID-19 patients/survivors: epidemic inside a pandemic

HK Bhotla, B Balasubramanian, A Meyyazhagan… - Journal of infection and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Being considered minor vexations, fungal infections hinder the life of about 15% of the world
population superficially, with rare threats to life in case of invasive sepsis. A significant rise in …

Impact of COVID-19 on the antifungal susceptibility profiles of isolates collected in a global surveillance program that monitors invasive fungal infections

MA Pfaller, CG Carvalhaes, S DeVries… - Medical …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Studies demonstrated the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the prevalence and
susceptibility profiles of bacterial and fungal organisms. We analyzed 4821 invasive fungal …