Epidemiology and clinical manifestations of mucormycosis

G Petrikkos, A Skiada, O Lortholary… - Clinical Infectious …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Mucormycosis is an emerging angioinvasive infection caused by the ubiquitous filamentous
fungi of the Mucorales order of the class of Zygomycetes. Mucormycosis has emerged as the …

Epidemiology and outcome of zygomycosis: a review of 929 reported cases

MM Roden, TE Zaoutis, WL Buchanan… - Clinical infectious …, 2005 - academic.oup.com
Background. Zygomycosis is an increasingly emerging life-threatening infection. There is no
single comprehensive literature review that describes the epidemiology and outcome of this …

Rare and Emerging Opportunistic Fungal Pathogens: Concern for Resistance beyond Candida albicans and Aspergillus fumigatus

MA Pfaller, DJ Diekema - Journal of clinical microbiology, 2004 - Am Soc Microbiol
The frequency of invasive mycoses due to opportunistic fungal pathogens has increased
significantly over the past two decades (35, 74, 83, 88, 89, 101, 106). This increase in …

Infections due to emerging and uncommon medically important fungal pathogens

TJ Walsh, A Groll, J Hiemenz, R Fleming… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
The emergence of less common but medically important fungal pathogens contributes to the
rate of morbidity and mortality, especially in the increasingly expanding population of …

Invasive fungal pathogens: current epidemiological trends

MA Pfaller, PG Pappas… - Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Patient characteristics, antifungal prophylaxis, and other factors appear to have contributed
to a change in the spectrum of invasive fungal pathogens. Infections with Candida glabrata …

The rising trend of invasive zygomycosis in patients with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus

A Chakrabarti, A Das, J Mandal… - …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Zygomycosis is an emerging infection worldwide. A study was conducted to understand its
spectrum in the Indian scenario. All patients diagnosed for invasive zygomycosis at a tertiary …

Posaconazole as salvage therapy for zygomycosis

RN Greenberg, K Mullane, JAH Van Burik… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2006 - Am Soc Microbiol
Zygomycosis, an infection that is associated with significant morbidity and mortality, is
becoming common in immunocompromised patients. Posaconazole is a new extended …

Zygomycosis: the re-emerging fungal infection

M Chayakulkeeree, MA Ghannoum… - European Journal of …, 2006 - Springer
Invasive fungal infections are major medical complications in immunocompromised patients.
The recent rise in the incidence of cancer and the increased use of newer medical treatment …

Invasive mucormycosis in children: an epidemiologic study in European and non-European countries based on two registries

ZD Pana, D Seidel, A Skiada, AH Groll… - BMC infectious …, 2016 - Springer
Background Mucormycosis has emerged as a rare but frequently fatal invasive fungal
disease. Current knowledge on paediatric mucormycosis is based on case reports and small …

In vitro susceptibilities of 217 clinical isolates of zygomycetes to conventional and new antifungal agents

NG Almyroudis, DA Sutton, AW Fothergill… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2007 - Am Soc Microbiol
We evaluated the in vitro susceptibilities of 217 zygomycetes to amphotericin B,
ketoconazole, fluconazole, itraconazole, voriconazole, posaconazole, caspofungin, and …