Global guideline for the diagnosis and management of mucormycosis: an initiative of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology in cooperation with the …

OA Cornely, A Alastruey-Izquierdo, D Arenz… - The Lancet infectious …, 2019 - thelancet.com
Mucormycosis is a difficult to diagnose rare disease with high morbidity and mortality.
Diagnosis is often delayed, and disease tends to progress rapidly. Urgent surgical and …

Epidemiology, clinical features, diagnosis and treatment of cerebral mucormycosis in diabetic patients: a systematic review of case reports and case series

Z Chegini, M Didehdar, A Khoshbayan, S Rajaeih… - Mycoses, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background Patients with diabetes are known as an important high‐risk group for cerebral
mucormycosis (CM). Method We conducted a structured search using PubMed/MEDLINE to …

Mucormycosis and COVID-19-associated mucormycosis: insights of a deadly but neglected mycosis

LC García-Carnero, HM Mora-Montes - Journal of Fungi, 2022 - mdpi.com
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has quickly become a health threat worldwide, with high
mortality and morbidity among patients with comorbidities. This viral infection promotes the …

Mucormycosis at a tertiary‐care center in Mexico. A 35‐year retrospective study of 214 cases

A Bonifaz, A Tirado‐Sánchez, ML Hernández‐Medel… - Mycoses, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Mucormycosis is a rare, invasive disease associated with high mortality rates,
produced by opportunistic pathogens related to the Mucorales order and characterised by a …

Updates in effusion cytology

CM Lepus, M Vivero - Surgical pathology clinics, 2018 - surgpath.theclinics.com
Effusion cytology plays multiple roles in the management of benign and malignant disease,
from primary diagnosis to tissue allocation for ancillary diagnostic studies and biomarker …

COVID-19, mucormycosis and cancer: The triple threat—Hypothesis or reality?

I Mahajan, A Ghose, D Gupta, M Manasvi… - Journal of Personalized …, 2022 - mdpi.com
COVID-19 has been responsible for widespread morbidity and mortality worldwide. Invasive
mucormycosis has death rates scaling 80%. India, one of the countries hit worst by the …

Diagnosis from tissue: histology and identification

R Sabino, N Wiederhold - Journal of Fungi, 2022 - mdpi.com
The diagnosis and initiation of appropriate treatment against invasive fungal infections
depend upon accurate identification of pathogens by pathologists and clinical …

Outbreaks of Fungal Infections in Hospitals: Epidemiology, Detection, and Management

AP Douglas, AG Stewart, CL Halliday, SCA Chen - Journal of Fungi, 2023 - mdpi.com
Nosocomial clusters of fungal infections, whilst uncommon, cannot be predicted and are
associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Here, we review reports of nosocomial …

[HTML][HTML] Amplicon-based next-generation sequencing for detection of fungi in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissues: Correlation with histopathology and clinical …

PMK Larkin, KL Lawson, DA Contreras, CQ Le… - The Journal of Molecular …, 2020 - Elsevier
Invasive fungal infections are increasing in prevalence because of an expanding population
of immunocompromised individuals. To reduce morbidity and mortality, it is critical to …

Diagnosis of mucormycosis using an intercalating dye-based quantitative PCR

J Bigot, A Godmer, L Prudenté, C Angebault… - Medical …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
PCR-based methods applied to various body fluids emerged in recent years as a promising
approach for the diagnosis of mucormycosis. In this study, we set up and assess the value of …