Candida albicans is a commensal yeast fungus of the human oral, gastrointestinal, and
genital mucosal surfaces, and skin. Antibiotic-induced dysbiosis, iatrogenic …

Fungi must meet four criteria to infect humans: growth at human body temperatures,
circumvention or penetration of surface barriers, lysis and absorption of tissue, and …

Systemic candidiasis is a common, high-mortality, nosocomial fungal infection.
Unexpectedly, it has emerged as a complication of anti-complement C5-targeted …

During the past 2 decades, mucormycosis has become the third most common invasive
fungal infection in patients with hematological malignancies and organ transplantations [1] …

Advances in transcriptome sequencing allow for simultaneous interrogation of differentially
expressed genes from multiple species originating from a single RNA sample, termed dual …

Unlike other forms of candidiasis, vulvovaginal candidiasis, caused primarily by the fungal
pathogen Candida albicans, is a disease of immunocompetent and otherwise healthy …

Highlights•Candidalysin is the first peptide toxin identified in any human fungal
pathogen.•Epithelial cells identify invasive C. albicans by detecting Candidalysin …

Shotgun metatranscriptomics (MTX) is an increasingly practical way to survey microbial
community gene function and regulation at scale. This review begins by summarizing the …

Vaginal candidiasis is an extremely common disease predominantly caused by four
phylogenetically diverse species: Candida albicans; Candida glabrata; Candida …

Signaling through the IL-17 receptor (IL-17R) is required to prevent oropharyngeal
candidiasis (OPC) in mice and humans. However, the IL-17-responsive cell type (s) that …