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Fungal Infections

Hand Clinics, 1989
Fungal infections of the upper extremity are of four main types: cutaneous, subcutaneous, deep, and systemic. Cutaneous infections are caused by organisms capable of utilizing keratin. They involve skin and nails. Most respond to local therapy. Subcutaneous infections are caused most typically by Sporothrix.
T F, Hitchcock, P C, Amadio
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Fungal infections

Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 1974
The number of effective chemotherapeutic agents presently available for serious mycotic infections is limited.5, 6 This is due in part to many problems encountered by both the basic scientist and the clinician, in the laboratory and clinical evaluation of such drugs.
J P, Utz, S, Shadomy
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Postoperative Fungal Infections

Surgical Infections, 2006
A substantial proportion of patients become colonized with Candida spp. after surgery, but only a minority subsequently develop invasive candidiasis. However, clinical signs of severe infection manifest only late, presenting a challenge for diagnosis. Better knowledge of the pathogenesis of candidiasis and new compounds have improved the prognosis but ...
Eggimann, Philippe, Pittet, Didier
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Fungal Infections

Clinics in Dermatology, 1994
Abstract The mycoses are disorders caused by fungi, which are saprophytic or parasitic organisms found in every continent and environment. Many are common commensals in nature, but others cause agricultural disease. The mycoses that are human infections include diseases ranging from those that are worldwide and common, such as ...
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Immunity to fungal infections

Nature Reviews Immunology, 2004
(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Fungal diseases represent an important paradigm in immunology, as they can result from either a lack of recognition by the immune system or overactivation of the inflammatory response. Research in this field is entering an exciting period of transition from studying the molecular and cellular bases of ...
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Empirical Micafungin Treatment and Survival Without Invasive Fungal Infection in Adults With ICU-Acquired Sepsis, Candida Colonization, and Multiple Organ Failure: The EMPIRICUS Randomized Clinical Trial.

Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2016
Importance Although frequently used in treating intensive care unit (ICU) patients with sepsis, empirical antifungal therapy, initiated for suspected fungal infection, has not been shown to improve outcome.
J. Timsit   +25 more
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Subcutaneous fungal infections

Dermatologic Therapy, 2004
Subcutaneous mycoses are caused by a variety of mostly tropical organisms, usually when they are implanted into the dermis or the subcutaneous tissue. They rarely disseminate or become systemic. Sporotrichosis, mycetoma, and chromoblastomycosis are more common subcutaneous mycoses than are rhinosporidiosis, zygomycosis, pheohyphomycosis, and ...
Richardson, Malcolm   +4 more
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Fungal infection

Oxford Medicine Online, 2018
Fungi, comprising yeasts, moulds, and higher fungi, have a worldwide distribution and are uncommon causes of disease in healthy individuals. However, over the last 20 years, invasive fungal disease (IFD) has become an increasing cause of morbidity and ...
S. Todd, N. Beeching
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Fungal nail infection

BMJ, 2008
A 38 year old woman comes to you with a cosmetic problem in her toenails. She describes her nails as yellowish brown and crumbly and with detachment and thickening of parts of the nails. The problem appeared gradually, but she is now too embarrassed to wear open shoes. She wants to know whether it can be treated.
Olde Hartman, T.C., Rijswijk, E. van
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Invasive fungal infections among organ transplant recipients: results of the Transplant-Associated Infection Surveillance Network (TRANSNET).

Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2010
BACKGROUND Invasive fungal infections (IFIs) are a major cause of morbidity and mortality among organ transplant recipients. Multicenter prospective surveillance data to determine disease burden and secular trends are lacking.
P. Pappas   +22 more
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