Uncommon, or rare, yeast infections are on the rise given increasing numbers of patients
who are immunocompromised or seriously ill. The major pathogens include those of the …

Cryptococcus neoformans is an encapsulated fungal pathogen that causes infection in
immunocompromised individuals such as HIV patients, organ transplant patients …

Abstract The European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, the
European Confederation of Medical Mycology and the European Respiratory Society Joint …

Objectives Characterization of a hospital outbreak of Candida auris candidemia that
involved 18 critically ill patients in Venezuela. Method Bloodstream isolates of C. auris …

Malassezia are lipid dependent basidiomycetous yeasts that inhabit the skin and mucosa of
humans and other warm-blooded animals, and are a major component of the skin …

The genus Pseudopithomyces was introduced by Ariyawansa et al.(2015) to accommodate
several species which had previously been classified in the genus Pithomyces, notably …

Invasive opportunistic fungal diseases (IFDs) are important causes of morbidity and mortality
in paediatric patients with cancer and those who have had an allogeneic haemopoietic stem …

Cryptococcosis is a major worldwide disseminated invasive fungal infection. Cryptococcosis,
particularly in its most lethal manifestation of cryptococcal meningitis, accounts for …

Paediatric patients with cancer and those undergoing allogeneic haematopoietic cell
transplantation have an increased susceptibility to invasive fungal diseases. In addition to …

Invasive fungal infections constitute a serious threat to an ever-growing population of
immunocompromised individuals and other individuals at risk. Traditional diagnostic …