With increasing numbers of patients needing intensive care or who are immunosuppressed,
infections caused by moulds other than Aspergillus spp or Mucorales are increasing …

Chromoblastomycosis (CBM), also known as chromomycosis, is one of the most prevalent
implantation fungal infections, being the most common of the gamut of mycoses caused by …

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

Background Fungal infections of the central nervous system (FIs-CNS) have become
significantly more common over the past 2 decades. Invasion of the CNS largely depends on …

Autosomal recessive CARD9 deficiency underlies life-threatening, invasive fungal infections
in otherwise healthy individuals normally resistant to other infectious agents. In less than 10 …

Osteoarticular mycoses are chronic debilitating infections that require extended courses of
antifungal therapy and may warrant expert surgical intervention. As there has been no …

Invasive fungal diseases primarily occur in immunocompromised patients.
Immunosuppression has become more prevalent due to novel treatments, and this has led …

Fungal infections of the CNS are challenging to treat and their optimal management requires
knowledge of their epidemiology, host characteristics, diagnostic criteria, and therapeutic …

Background The incidence of invasive fungal infection is approximately 6 cases per 100 000
persons per year. It is estimated that only half of such infections are detected during the …

Algae have been used since ancient times as food, fodder, fertilizer and as source of
medicine. Nowadays seaweeds represent an unlimited source of the raw materials used in …