Fungal endocarditis: pathophysiology, epidemiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, and management

GR Thompson III, JD Jenks, JW Baddley… - Clinical microbiology …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Fungal endocarditis accounts for 1% to 3% of all infective endocarditis cases, is associated
with high morbidity and mortality (> 70%), and presents numerous challenges during clinical …

Invasive Aspergillosis by Aspergillus flavus: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Antifungal Resistance, and Management

SM Rudramurthy, RA Paul, A Chakrabarti, JW Mouton… - Journal of Fungi, 2019 - mdpi.com
Aspergillus flavus is the second most common etiological agent of invasive aspergillosis (IA)
after A. fumigatus. However, most literature describes IA in relation to A. fumigatus or …

Aspergillus flavus: human pathogen, allergen and mycotoxin producer

MT Hedayati, AC Pasqualotto, PA Warn… - …, 2007 - microbiologyresearch.org
Aspergillus infections have grown in importance in the last years. However, most of the
studies have focused on Aspergillus fumigatus, the most prevalent species in the genus. In …

[HTML][HTML] Pulmonary aspergillosis in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: incidence, risk factors, and outcome

J Guinea, M Torres-Narbona, P Gijon, P Muñoz… - Clinical microbiology …, 2010 - Elsevier
We describe a large series of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
and probable invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA), and the risk factors and incidence of …

Genomic Islands in the Pathogenic Filamentous Fungus Aspergillus fumigatus

ND Fedorova, N Khaldi, VS Joardar, R Maiti… - PLoS …, 2008 - journals.plos.org
We present the genome sequences of a new clinical isolate of the important human
pathogen, Aspergillus fumigatus, A1163, and two closely related but rarely pathogenic …

Invasive aspergillosis in the intensive care unit

W Meersseman, K Lagrou, J Maertens… - Clinical infectious …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Data regarding the incidence of invasive aspergillosis (IA) in the intensive care unit (ICU)
are scarce, and the incidence varies. An incidence of 5.8% in a medical ICU has been …

Osteoarticular mycoses

MN Gamaletsou, B Rammaert, B Brause… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Osteoarticular mycoses are chronic debilitating infections that require extended courses of
antifungal therapy and may warrant expert surgical intervention. As there has been no …

Invasive fungal infections in the ICU: how to approach, how to treat

E Paramythiotou, F Frantzeskaki, A Flevari… - Molecules, 2014 - mdpi.com
Invasive fungal infections are a growing problem in critically ill patients and are associated
with increased morbidity and mortality. Most of them are due to Candida species, especially …

Clinical risk factors for invasive aspergillosis

JW Baddley - Medical mycology, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Despite improvements in the antifungal armamentarium and diagnostic modalities, invasive
aspergillosis (IA) remains an important cause of morbidity and mortality in …

Differences in pathogenicity and clinical syndromes due to Aspergillus fumigatus and Aspergillus flavus

AC Pasqualotto - Medical mycology, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Most of the information available about Aspergillus infections has originated from the study
of A. fumigatus, the most frequent species in the genus. This review aims to compare the …