Global and multi-national prevalence of fungal diseases—estimate precision

F Bongomin, S Gago, RO Oladele, DW Denning - Journal of fungi, 2017 - mdpi.com
Fungal diseases kill more than 1.5 million and affect over a billion people. However, they are
still a neglected topic by public health authorities even though most deaths from fungal …

Candida auris: a review of the literature

A Jeffery-Smith, SK Taori, S Schelenz… - Clinical microbiology …, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
The emerging pathogen Candida auris has been associated with nosocomial outbreaks on
five continents. Genetic analysis indicates the simultaneous emergence of separate clades …

Twenty Years of the SENTRY Antifungal Surveillance Program: Results for Candida Species From 1997–2016

MA Pfaller, DJ Diekema, JD Turnidge… - Open forum …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Background The emergence of antifungal resistance threatens effective treatment of
invasive fungal infection (IFI). Invasive candidiasis is the most common health care …

Simultaneous Emergence of Multidrug-Resistant Candida auris on 3 Continents Confirmed by Whole-Genome Sequencing and Epidemiological Analyses

SR Lockhart, KA Etienne, S Vallabhaneni… - Clinical Infectious …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Background. Candida auris, a multidrug-resistant yeast that causes invasive infections, was
first described in 2009 in Japan and has since been reported from several countries …

Drug-resistant fungi: an emerging challenge threatening our limited antifungal armamentarium

A Arastehfar, T Gabaldón, R Garcia-Rubio, JD Jenks… - Antibiotics, 2020 - mdpi.com
The high clinical mortality and economic burden posed by invasive fungal infections (IFIs),
along with significant agricultural crop loss caused by various fungal species, has resulted in …

Candida auris: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Pathogenesis, Antifungal Susceptibility, and Infection Control Measures to Combat the Spread of Infections in Healthcare …

S Ahmad, W Alfouzan - Microorganisms, 2021 - mdpi.com
Candida auris, a recently recognized, often multidrug-resistant yeast, has become a
significant fungal pathogen due to its ability to cause invasive infections and outbreaks in …

Candida auris: The recent emergence of a multidrug-resistant fungal pathogen

K Forsberg, K Woodworth, M Walters… - Medical …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Candida auris is an emerging multidrug-resistant yeast that causes serious invasive
infections with high mortality. It was first discovered in 2009, and since then, individual cases …

Changes in the epidemiological landscape of invasive candidiasis

F Lamoth, SR Lockhart, EL Berkow… - Journal of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The epidemiology of invasive candidiasis has evolved in recent years, warranting a review
of the changes and the implications for current and future diagnosis and treatment. The …

First hospital outbreak of the globally emerging Candida auris in a European hospital

S Schelenz, F Hagen, JL Rhodes… - … Resistance & Infection …, 2016 - Springer
Background Candida auris is a globally emerging multidrug resistant fungal pathogen
causing nosocomial transmission. We report an ongoing outbreak of C. auris in a London …

Antifungal resistance: current trends and future strategies to combat

NP Wiederhold - Infection and drug resistance, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Antifungal resistance represents a major clinical challenge to clinicians responsible for
treating invasive fungal infections due to the limited arsenal of systemically available …