COVID-19-associated fungal infections

M Hoenigl, D Seidel, R Sprute, C Cunha… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-associated invasive fungal infections are an
important complication in a substantial number of critically ill, hospitalized patients with …

Immune responses to human fungal pathogens and therapeutic prospects

MS Lionakis, RA Drummond, TM Hohl - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2023 - nature.com
Pathogenic fungi have emerged as significant causes of infectious morbidity and death in
patients with acquired immunodeficiency conditions such as HIV/AIDS and following receipt …

The emergence of COVID-19 associated mucormycosis: a review of cases from 18 countries

M Hoenigl, D Seidel, A Carvalho… - The Lancet …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Reports of COVID-19-associated mucormycosis have been increasing in frequency since
early 2021, particularly among patients with uncontrolled diabetes. Patients with diabetes …

Epidemiology and pathophysiology of COVID-19-associated mucormycosis: India versus the rest of the world

V Muthu, SM Rudramurthy, A Chakrabarti, R Agarwal - Mycopathologia, 2021 - Springer
Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has led to a concerning
resurgence of mucormycosis. More than 47,000 cases of mucormycosis were reported in …

COVID-19–associated mucormycosis: Evidence-based critical review of an emerging infection burden during the pandemic's second wave in India

JM Aranjani, A Manuel, HI Abdul Razack… - PLoS neglected …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), during the second wave in early 2021, has caused
devastating chaos in India. As daily infection rates rise alarmingly, the number of severe …

Immunity to fungi in the lung

LJ Heung, DL Wiesner, K Wang, A Rivera… - Seminars in immunology, 2023 - Elsevier
The respiratory tree maintains sterilizing immunity against human fungal pathogens.
Humans inhale ubiquitous filamentous molds and geographically restricted dimorphic fungal …

Host-Pathogen Molecular Factors Contribute to the Pathogenesis of Rhizopus spp. in Diabetes Mellitus

B Morales-Franco, M Nava-Villalba… - … tropical medicine reports, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Infectious diseases represent up to 12% of all deaths in people
with diabetes mellitus (DM). The development and progression of DM generate a chronic …

Mucormycosis in 2023: An update on pathogenesis and management

A Alqarihi, DP Kontoyiannis, AS Ibrahim - Frontiers in Cellular and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Mucormycosis (MCR) is an emerging and frequently lethal fungal infection caused by the
Mucorales family, with Rhizopus, Mucor, and Lichtheimia, accounting for> 90% of all cases …

Potential inhibitory activity of phytoconstituents against black fungus: In silico ADMET, molecular docking and MD simulation studies

NH Hussen, AH Hasan, J Jamalis, S Shakya… - Computational …, 2022 - Elsevier
Mucormycosis or “black fungus” has been currently observed in India, as a secondary
infection in COVID-19 infected patients in the post-COVID-stage. Fungus is an uncommon …

Epidemiology and prognostic factors of mucormycosis in France (2012–2022): a cross-sectional study nested in a prospective surveillance programme

L Gouzien, D Che, S Cassaing, O Lortholary… - The Lancet Regional …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Background Mucormycosis is a deadly invasive fungal infection recently included in the
WHO priority pathogen list. Here we sought to describe epidemiological trends of …