Emerging opportunistic yeast infections

MH Miceli, JA Díaz, SA Lee - The Lancet infectious diseases, 2011 - thelancet.com
A growing population of immunosuppressed patients has resulted in increasingly frequent
diagnoses of invasive fungal infections, including those caused by unusual yeasts. The …

Epidemiology of invasive mycoses in North America

MA Pfaller, DJ Diekema - Critical reviews in microbiology, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
The incidence of invasive mycoses is increasing, especially among patients who are
immunocompromised or hospitalized with serious underlying diseases. Such infections may …

ESCMID and ECMM joint clinical guidelines for the diagnosis and management of rare invasive yeast infections

MC Arendrup, T Boekhout, M Akova… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The mortality associated with invasive fungal infections remains high with that involving rare
yeast pathogens other than C andida being no exception. This is in part due to the severe …

An official American Thoracic Society statement: treatment of fungal infections in adult pulmonary and critical care patients

AH Limper, KS Knox, GA Sarosi, NM Ampel… - American journal of …, 2011 - atsjournals.org
With increasing numbers of immune-compromised patients with malignancy, hematologic
disease, and HIV, as well as those receiving immunosupressive drug regimens for the …

Current knowledge of Trichosporon spp. and Trichosporonosis

AL Colombo, ACB Padovan… - Clinical microbiology …, 2011 - Am Soc Microbiol
Trichosporon spp. are basidiomycetous yeast-like fungi found widely in nature. Clinical
isolates are generally related to superficial infections. However, this fungus has been …

The epidemiology of fungal infections in patients with hematologic malignancies: the SEIFEM-2004 study

L Pagano, M Caira, A Candoni, M Offidani… - …, 2006 - haematologica.org
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to evaluate the incidence and
outcome of invasive fungal infections (IFI) in patients with hematologic malignancies …

Changing epidemiology of systemic fungal infections

M Richardson, C Lass‐Flörl - Clinical microbiology and …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT Species of Candida and Aspergillus remain the most common causes of
invasive fungal infections, but other yeasts and filamentous fungi are emerging as significant …

Nosocomial fungal infections: epidemiology, infection control, and prevention

G Suleyman, GJ Alangaden - Infectious Disease Clinics, 2016 - id.theclinics.com
There has been an overall increase in fungal healthcare–associated infections (HAIs) that is
likely a consequence of the advances in medical and surgical therapies. The wider use of …

Invasive Trichosporon infection: a systematic review on a re-emerging fungal pathogen

JN de Almeida Júnior, C Hennequin - Frontiers in microbiology, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Objectives: This review aimed to better depict the clinical features and address the issue of
therapeutic management of Trichosporon deep-seated infections. Methods: We …

The current spectrum of infection in cancer patients with chemotherapy related neutropenia

L Nesher, KVI Rolston - Infection, 2014 - Springer
Despite advancements in the treatment and supportive care of patients with malignant
disorders, neutropenia remains the major side effect of most antineoplastic regimens …