Invasive candidiasis

C Lass-Flörl, SS Kanj, NP Govender… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Invasive candidiasis is an important fungal disease caused by Candida albicans and,
increasingly, non-albicans Candida pathogens. Invasive Candida infections originate most …

[HTML][HTML] Candida albicans the main opportunistic pathogenic fungus in humans

IU Macias-Paz, S Pérez-Hernández… - Revista Argentina de …, 2023 - Elsevier
Candida albicans is a commensal of the mammalian microbiome and the primary
pathogenic fungus of humans. It becomes a severe health problem in immunocompromised …

Homeostatic IL-13 in healthy skin directs dendritic cell differentiation to promote TH2 and inhibit TH17 cell polarization

JU Mayer, KL Hilligan, JS Chandler, DA Eccles… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The signals driving the adaptation of type 2 dendritic cells (DC2s) to diverse peripheral
environments remain mostly undefined. We show that differentiation of CD11blo migratory …

The Interplay between Candida albicans, Vaginal Mucosa, Host Immunity and Resident Microbiota in Health and Disease: An Overview and Future Perspectives

R Gaziano, S Sabbatini, C Monari - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
Vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC), which is primarily caused by Candida albicans, is an
infection that affects up to 75% of all reproductive-age women worldwide. Recurrent VVC …

Management of recurrent vulvovaginal candidosis: Narrative review of the literature and European expert panel opinion

G Donders, IO Sziller, J Paavonen, P Hay… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Recurrent vulvovaginal candidosis (RVVC) is a chronic, difficult to treat vaginal infection,
caused by Candida species, which affects women of all ages and ethnic and social …

Role of vaginal mucosa, host immunity and microbiota in vulvovaginal candidiasis

SN Balakrishnan, H Yamang, MC Lorenz, SY Chew… - Pathogens, 2022 - mdpi.com
Vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC) is a prevalent gynaecological disease characterised by
vaginal wall inflammation that is caused by Candida species. VVC impacts almost three …

It Takes Two to Tango: How a Dysregulation of the Innate Immunity, Coupled With Candida Virulence, Triggers VVC Onset

A Ardizzoni, RT Wheeler, E Pericolini - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC) is a symptomatic inflammation of the vagina mainly caused
by C. albicans. Other species, such as C. parapsilosis, C. glabrata, C. tropicalis, and C …

The vaginal microbiome: III. The vaginal microbiome in various urogenital disorders

F De Seta, R Lonnee-Hoffmann… - Journal of Lower …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Objective This series of articles, titled The Vaginal Microbiome (VMB), written on behalf of
the International Society for the Study of Vulvovaginal Disease, aims to summarize the …

Candida albicans induces cross-kingdom miRNA trafficking in human monocytes to promote fungal growth

LD Halder, S Babych, DI Palme… - MBio, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
In response to infections, human immune cells release extracellular vesicles (EVs) that carry
a situationally adapted cocktail of proteins and nucleic acids, including microRNAs …

Vulvovaginal candidiasis: An overview of mycological, clinical, and immunological aspects

L Jafarzadeh, M Ranjbar, T Nazari… - Journal of Obstetrics …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To provide an overview of clinical, immunological, and mycological aspects of
vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC). Methods A literature search was conducted to find relevant …