Fungi of the genus Aspergillus are widespread in the environment. Some Aspergillus
species, most commonly Aspergillus fumigatus, may lead to a variety of allergic reactions …

Five Aspergillus sections have members that are established agricultural pests and
producers of different metabolites, threatening global food safety. Most of these pathogenic …

The airborne fungus Aspergillus fumigatus poses a serious health threat to humans by
causing numerous invasive infections and a notable mortality in humans, especially in …

The Sporothrix complex members cause sporotrichosis, a subcutaneous mycosis with a
wide spectrum of clinical manifestations. Several specific phenotypic characteristics are …

Although a wide variety of pathogens are associated with invasive mould diseases,
Aspergillus spp. have historically been one of the most common causative organisms. Most …

Filamentous fungi represent classical examples for environmentally acquired human
pathogens whose major virulence mechanisms are likely to have emerged long before the …

For filamentous fungi (moulds), species-specific interpretive breakpoints and
epidemiological cut-off values (ECVs) have only been proposed for a limited number of …

Background Aspergillus fumigatus has to cope with a combination of several stress types
while colonizing the human body. A functional interplay between these different stress …

Aspergillus terreus is an opportunistic causative agent of invasive aspergillosis and, in most
cases, it is refractory to amphotericin B (AMB) therapy. Notably, AMB-susceptible Aspergillus …

Fungal cell-wall proteins containing the conserved fungal CFEM domain have been
implicated in host-pathogen interactions and virulence. To determine the role of these …