Results 1 to 10 of about 10,657 (220)

Prevalence of Fungemia in People with HIV: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [PDF]

Microorganisms
Prior to the introduction of antiretroviral therapy (ART), people with HIV (PWH) had high risk of fungemia. No systematic review has assessed the prevalence of fungemia in PWH after the introduction of combination ART in 1996.
Asta Maria Blom Nielsen, Kristiana Alexandrova Nikolova, Tea Nynne Sanders, Ask Bock, Moises Alberto Suarez-Zdunek, Susanne Dam Nielsen   +5 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Fungemia due to Aureobasidium pullulans

Medical Mycology Case Reports, 2022
Aureobasidium pullulans is a yeast-like dematiaceous fungus ubiquitous in nature. It is a rare cause of skin and soft tissue infection, peritonitis, and catheter-related fungemia in certain human hosts. We report a case of recurrent A. pullulans catheter-
Jorge Verdecia, Christopher A. Jankowski, Meredith L. Reynolds, Yvette McCarter, Malleswari Ravi   +4 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Characteristics of fungemia in a peruvian referral center: 5-year retrospective analysis

Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública, 2020
Retrospective descriptive study carried out to determine the characteristics of fungemia in 285 cancer patients hospitalized from 2012 to 2016 at the Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Neoplásicas (INEN).
Freddy Villanueva, Janet Veliz, Karol Canasa Calvo, Esther Bellido, Shirley Martell, Sherly Ortega, Ines Cajamarca   +6 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Scheffersomyces spartinae Fungemia among Pediatric Patients, Pakistan, 2020–2024 [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases
Prevalence of emerging fungal infections is increasing, particularly among immunocompromised persons, children, and older persons. We report 108 cases of Scheffersomyces spartinae infection in pediatric patients from Karachi and other cities in Pakistan,
Kauser Jabeen, Joveria Farooqi, Lacy M. Simons, Judd F. Hultquist, Ramon Lorenzo-Redondo, Charlesnika T. Evans, Erica M. Hartmann, Mohammad Hanif, Zahra Hasan, Syed Faisal Mahmood, Javaria Ashraf, Hassan Ghayas, Sadaf Zaka, Noureen Saeed, Sayed Ali Raza Shah Bukhari, Mehreen Arshad, Larry K. Kociolek, Sameer J. Patel, Rumina Hasan, Egon A. Ozer   +19 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Scedosporium prolificans Fungemia [PDF]

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 1998
Fungemia due to Scedosporium prolificans is described in a young woman with a relapse of acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Several days after starting reinduction chemotherapy, the patient presented with fever, neutropenia and blood cultures showing fungi on Gram stain.
Sameer Elsayed, Robert Lannigan, Ian Chin-Yee   +2 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Three Successfully Treated Cases of Lodderomyces elongisporus Fungemia: Case Reports and a Review of the Literature

Microorganisms, 2023
Fungemia is a fatal systemic infection that can occur in immunocompromised patients. Despite that, antifungal stewardship is spreading widely, but the mortality rate is extremely high, showing 40–60%.
Nobuhiro Asai, Yuichi Shibata, Akiko Nakamura, Hiroyuki Suematsu, Atsuko Yamada, Tomoko Ohno, Daisuke Sakanashi, Yuzuka Kawamoto, Narimi Miyazaki, Isao Koita, Hideo Kato, Mao Hagihara, Hirotoshi Ohta, Hiroshige Mikamo   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Increased prevalence of fungemia in Medina, Saudi Arabia

Frontiers in Epidemiology, 2023
BackgroundThe prevalence of fungal infection is increasing globally due to an increase in the immunocompromised and aging population. We investigated epidemiological changes in fungemia in one of the major centers in Medina over seven years period with ...
Aiah M. Khateb, Fadwa S. Alofi, Abdullah Z. Almutairi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Rare Case of Urinary Tract Fungal Ball Leading to Fungemia and Bilateral Chorioretinitis

Case Reports in Urology, 2020
Background. Fungemia due to obstructive urinary tract fungal ball is exceedingly rare. These patients often have multiple predisposing conditions, including diabetes or antimicrobial exposure. While candiduria can be relatively common in this population,
Christopher Ferari, Chad Crigger, Chad Morley   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Risk factors for ophthalmologic involvement and ocular findings in patients diagnosed with fungemia in a high-complexity hospital in the city of Medellín, Colombia

Annals of Medicine, 2022
Purpose To describe the demographic clinical characteristics and to identify the risk factors of patients diagnosed with fungemia and secondary intraocular involvement.Methods Retrospective cohort of 97 patients diagnosed with fungemia and with or ...
Marcos Restrepo Arango, Juan Camilo Cadavid Usuga, Luis Fernando Velazquez Ossa, Jorge Hernando Donado Gómez, Laura Nataly Higuita Duque, Juan Pedro Neira Gomez   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Role of serum (1,3)-β-d-glucan assay in early diagnosis of invasive fungal infections in a neonatal intensive care unit

Jornal de Pediatria, 2018
Objectives: To study the microbiological pattern of late onset neonatal sepsis cultures and to assess the diagnostic performance of serum (1,3)-β-d-glucan level for early diagnosis of invasive fungemia in high-risk infants admitted to a neonatal ...
Abd Elazeez Shabaan, Lobna Mahmoud Elbaz, Wafaa M. El-Emshaty, Basma Shouman   +3 more
doaj   +3 more sources