Global incidence and mortality of severe fungal disease

DW Denning - The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2024 - thelancet.com
Current estimates of fungal disease incidence and mortality are imprecise. Population at risk
denominators were used to estimate annual incidence for 2019–21. Extensive literature …

Aspergillus fumigatus and Aspergillosis in 2019

JP Latgé, G Chamilos - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Aspergillus fumigatus is a saprotrophic fungus; its primary habitat is the soil. In its ecological
niche, the fungus has learned how to adapt and proliferate in hostile environments. This …

The changing epidemiology of invasive fungal infections

DA Enoch, H Yang, SH Aliyu, C Micallef - Human fungal pathogen …, 2017 - Springer
Invasive fungal infections (IFI) are an emerging problem worldwide with invasive candidiasis
and candidemia responsible for the majority of cases. This is predominantly driven by the …

Clinical implications of globally emerging azole resistance in Aspergillus fumigatus

JF Meis, A Chowdhary, JL Rhodes… - … of the Royal …, 2016 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Aspergillus fungi are the cause of an array of diseases affecting humans, animals and
plants. The triazole antifungal agents itraconazole, voriconazole, isavuconazole and …

Common invasive fungal diseases: an overview of invasive candidiasis, aspergillosis, cryptococcosis, and Pneumocystis pneumonia.

Y Schmiedel, S Zimmerli - Swiss medical weekly, 2016 - boris.unibe.ch
Every year, Candida, Aspergillus, Cryptococcus and Pneumocystis infect an estimated two
million individuals worldwide. Most are immunocompromised or critically ill. Candida is the …

Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis among intubated patients with SARS-CoV-2 or influenza pneumonia: a European multicenter comparative cohort study

A Rouzé, E Lemaitre, I Martin-Loeches, P Povoa… - Critical Care, 2022 - Springer
Background Recent multicenter studies identified COVID-19 as a risk factor for invasive
pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA). However, no large multicenter study has compared the …

The standard of care of patients with ARDS: ventilatory settings and rescue therapies for refractory hypoxemia

T Bein, S Grasso, O Moerer, M Quintel, C Guerin… - Intensive care …, 2016 - Springer
Purpose Severe ARDS is often associated with refractory hypoxemia, and early identification
and treatment of hypoxemia is mandatory. For the management of severe ARDS ventilator …

Azole resistance mechanisms in Aspergillus: update and recent advances

A Pérez-Cantero, L López-Fernández, J Guarro… - International journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Aspergillus fumigatus is the main causal agent of invasive aspergillosis (IA), however other
species of the genus can also cause IA, such as Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus terreus …

Diagnostic value of galactomannan antigen test in serum and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid samples from patients with nonneutropenic invasive pulmonary …

W Zhou, H Li, Y Zhang, M Huang, Q He… - Journal of clinical …, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
The objective of this study was to compare the diagnostic value of galactomannan (GM)
detection in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) and serum samples from nonneutropenic …

Intensive care medicine research agenda on invasive fungal infection in critically ill patients

M Bassetti, J Garnacho-Montero, T Calandra… - Intensive care …, 2017 - Springer
Purpose To describe concisely the current standards of care, major recent advances,
common beliefs that have been contradicted by recent trials, areas of uncertainty, and …