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Fungal Infections

Brain Pathology, 1997
Fungal infections have increased in frequency in the last decades because of the growing number of immunocompromised patients who survive longer periods of time than in the past, the widespread use of immunosuppressive drugs, a large aging population with increased numbers of malignancies, and the spread of AIDS.
L, Chimelli, M B, Mahler-Araujo
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Epidemiology of fungal infections in liver transplant recipients: a six-year study of a large Brazilian liver transplantation centre [PDF]

, 2011
Liver transplant seems to be an effective option to prolong survival in patients with end-stage liver disease, although it still can be followed by serious complications.
Camargo, Luis Fernando Aranha, Colombo, Arnaldo Lopes, Ferraz-neto, Ben-hur, Zicker, Michelle   +3 more
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Intracranial fusarium fungal abscess in an immunocompetent patient: case report and review of the literature. [PDF]

, 2014
Introduction Fusarium spp is an omnipresent fungal species that may lead to fatal infections in immunocompromised populations. Spontaneous intracranial infection by Fusarium spp in immunocompetent individuals is exceedingly rare.
Cadden, Joseph, Commins, Deborah, Giannotta, Steven L, Lee, Brian, Peterson, Asa, Pham, Martin H, Zada, Gabriel   +6 more
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Revision and Update of the Consensus Definitions of Invasive Fungal Disease From the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer and the Mycoses Study Group Education and Research Consortium. [PDF]

, 2019
BACKGROUND: Invasive fungal diseases (IFDs) remain important causes of morbidity and mortality. The consensus definitions of the Infectious Diseases Group of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer and the Mycoses Study Group have ...
Akan, H, Alexander, BD, Andes, D, Azoulay, E, Baddley, JW, Bassetti, M, Bialek, R, Bradsher, RW, Bretagne, S, Calandra, T, Caliendo, AM, Castagnola, E, Chen, SC, Clancy, CJ, Cruciani, M, Cuenca-Estrella, M, Decker, CF, Desai, SR, Donnelly, JP, Fisher, B, Groll, AH, Harrison, T, Heussel, CP, Jensen, HE, Kauffman, CA, Kibbler, CC, Kontoyiannis, DP, Kullberg, B-J, Lagrou, K, Lamoth, F, Lehrnbecher, T, Lockhart, SR, Loeffler, J, Lortholary, O, Maertens, J, Marchetti, O, Marr, KA, Masur, H, Meis, JF, Morrisey, CO, Nucci, M, Ostrosky-Zeichner, L, Pagano, L, Pappas, PG, Patterson, TF, Perfect, JR, Prokop, CS, Racil, Z, Roilides, E, Ruhnke, M, Shoham, S, Slavin, MA, Sorrell, TC, Steinbach, WJ, Stevens, DA, Thompson, GR, Vazquez, JA, Verweij, PE, Viscoli, C, Walsh, TJ, Warris, A, Wheat, LJ, White, PL, Wingard, JR, Zaoutis, TE   +64 more
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Estimation of the impact of hospital-onset SARS-CoV-2 infections on length of stay in English hospitals using causal inference

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2022
Background From March 2020 through August 2021, 97,762 hospital-onset SARS-CoV-2 infections were detected in English hospitals. Resulting excess length of stay (LoS) created a potentially substantial health and economic burden for patients and the NHS ...
James Stimson, Koen B. Pouwels, Russell Hope, Ben S. Cooper, Anne M. Presanis, Julie V. Robotham   +5 more
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First Report of Echinococcus ortleppi in Free-Living Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) from Portugal

Microorganisms, 2021
Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is a zoonosis that is prevalent worldwide. It is considered endemic in Portugal but few studies have been performed on Echinococcus granulosus sensu lato and their hosts.
Teresa Letra Mateus, Maria João Gargaté, Anabela Vilares, Idalina Ferreira, Manuela Rodrigues, Catarina Coelho, Madalena Vieira-Pinto   +6 more
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Fungal infections of the lung [PDF]

Current Infectious Disease Reports, 1999
Fungi, both endemic and opportunistic, continue to be recognized as increasingly frequent pulmonary pathogens. Better appreciation of their epidemiology and clinical course, as well as clarification of the roles of the newer triazoles and lipid formulations of amphotericin B in treatment, have occurred within the past few years.
Anke V. Jacobs, Howard L. Leaf
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A case report of cutaneous mucormycosis of the hand after minor trauma in a patient with acute myeloid leukaemia [PDF]

, 2019
Background: Mucormycosis is a rare but life-threatening infection, caused by fungi of the Mucorales order, which can be found in soil, rotting leaves or on animals. Through characteristic angioinvasive growth, infections with mucor spores can occur as a
Maleitzke, Tazio, Märdian, Sven, Stahnke, Katharina, Trampuz, Andrej   +3 more
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Differentially Regulated Transcription Factors and ABC Transporters in a Mitochondrial Dynamics Mutant Can Alter Azole Susceptibility of Aspergillus fumigatus

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020
Azole resistance of the fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus is an emerging problem. To identify novel mechanisms that could mediate azole resistance in A.
Laura Sturm, Bernadette Geißel, Ronny Martin, Ronny Martin, Johannes Wagener, Johannes Wagener, Johannes Wagener   +6 more
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Fungal Infections

Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society, 1992
Increased travel and outdoor leisure activities place the elderly individual at risk for infection with the endemic mycoses, histoplasmosis, blastomycosis, coccidioidomycoses, and sporotrichosis. Elderly patients who are immunosuppressed are at risk for infection with the opportunistic fungi such as Candida and Aspergillus.
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