Allergic fungal rhinosinusitis

MS Dykewicz, JM Rodrigues, RG Slavin - Journal of Allergy and Clinical …, 2018 - Elsevier
Information for Category 1 CME Credit Credit can now be obtained, free for a limited time, by
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Survey of laboratory practices for diagnosis of fungal infection in seven Asian countries: an Asia Fungal Working Group (AFWG) initiative

A Chindamporn, A Chakrabarti, R Li, PL Sun… - Medical …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
An online survey of mycology laboratories in seven Asian countries was conducted to
assess the status, competence, and services available. Country representatives from the …

Pharmacodynamics of the Novel Antifungal Agent F901318 for Acute Sinopulmonary Aspergillosis Caused by Aspergillus flavus

CE Negri, A Johnson, L McEntee, H Box… - The Journal of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Background Aspergillus flavus is one of the most common agents of invasive aspergillosis
and is associated with high mortality. The orotomides are a new class of antifungal agents …

Thymol Induces Conidial Apoptosis in Aspergillus flavus via Stimulating K+ Eruption

LB Hu, FF Ban, HB Li, PP Qian, QS Shen… - Journal of agricultural …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Aspergillus flavus is a notorious foodborne fungus, posing a significant risk to humans in the
form of hepatocellular carcinoma or aspergillosis. Thymol, as a food preservative, could …

Investigation of multiple resistance mechanisms in voriconazole-resistant Aspergillus flavus clinical isolates from a chest hospital surveillance in Delhi, India

C Sharma, R Kumar, N Kumar, A Masih… - Antimicrobial Agents …, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
Invasive and allergic infections by Aspergillus flavus are more common in tropical and
subtropical countries. The emergence of voriconazole (VRC) resistance in A. flavus impacts …

Burden of fungal infections in Iran

MT Hedayati, MT Armaki, JY Charati, N Hedayati… - The Journal of Infection …, 2018 - jidc.org
Introduction: The number of fungal infections occurring each year in Iran is not known. As the
burden of fungal disease is a measure used to assess and compare the relative impact of …

Magnitude of voriconazole resistance in clinical and environmental isolates of Aspergillus flavus and investigation into the role of multidrug efflux pumps

RA Paul, SM Rudramurthy, M Dhaliwal… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
The magnitude of azole resistance in Aspergillus flavus and its underlying mechanism is
obscure. We evaluated the frequency of azole resistance in a collection of clinical (n= 121) …

Phenotypic and functional profile of Th17 and Treg cells in allergic fungal sinusitis

G Rai, S Das, MA Ansari, PK Singh, N Gupta… - International …, 2018 - Elsevier
Interleukin-17 producing T helper (Th17) and regulatory T cells (Treg) cells have been
identified to play a critical role in atopic inflammation. However, conflicting reports on the …

Entities of chronic and granulomatous invasive fungal rhinosinusitis: separate or not?

LH Zhou, X Wang, RY Wang, HZ Zhao… - Open Forum …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Background Chronic and granulomatous invasive fungal rhinosinusitis are important causes
of blindness and craniocerebral complications. However, the classification of these 2 …

Managing allergic fungal rhinosinusitis

WP Mullings, R Al-Salman, AR Javer - Current Otorhinolaryngology …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Management of the patient with allergic fungal rhinosinusitis
(AFRS) requires detailed understanding of the pathophysiology and clinical manifestation of …