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Eye Infections Caused by Filamentous Fungi: Spectrum and Antifungal Susceptibility of the Prevailing Agents in Germany

Journal of Fungi, 2021
Fungal eye infections can lead to loss of vision and blindness. The disease is most prevalent in the tropics, although case numbers in moderate climates are increasing as well.
Grit Walther, Anna Zimmermann, Johanna Theuersbacher, Kerstin Kaerger, Marie von Lilienfeld-Toal, Mathias Roth, Daniel Kampik, Gerd Geerling, Oliver Kurzai   +8 more
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Diagnosis of invasive fungal infections: challenges and recent developments

Journal of Biomedical Sciences, 2023
Background The global burden of invasive fungal infections (IFIs) has shown an upsurge in recent years due to the higher load of immunocompromised patients suffering from various diseases.
W. Fang, Junqi Wu, Ming-rong Cheng, Xinlin Zhu, Mingwei Du, Chang Chen, W. Liao, K. Zhi, W. Pan   +8 more
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Animal Histoplasmosis in Europe: Review of the Literature and Molecular Typing of the Etiological Agents

Journal of Fungi, 2022
Histoplasmosis has been previously diagnosed in animals from Europe. The aim of this study is to review the literature on these reports, to analyze cases diagnosed at our laboratory (2000–2022) and to improve molecular typing of Histoplasma capsulatum ...
Dunja Wilmes, Ursula Mayer, Peter Wohlsein, Michael Suntz, Jasmin Gerkrath, Christoph Schulze, Ina Holst, Wolf von Bomhard, Volker Rickerts   +8 more
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An update on current and novel molecular diagnostics for the diagnosis of invasive fungal infections

Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics, 2023
Background Invasive fungal infections cause millions of infections annually, but diagnosis remains challenging. There is an increased need for low-cost, easy to use, highly sensitive and specific molecular assays that can differentiate between colonized ...
J. Jenks, P. L. White, Sarah E. Kidd, T. Goshia, S. Fraley, M. Hoenigl, George R. Thompson, FungiPlex ® Candida, Candida auris   +8 more
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SARS-CoV-2, Uncontrolled Diabetes and Corticosteroids—An Unholy Trinity in Invasive Fungal Infections of the Maxillofacial Region? A Retrospective, Multi-centric Analysis

Journal of Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery, 2021
Collate and analyse data of maxillofacial/rhino-cerebro-orbital fungal infections reported during the era of the Covid-19 pandemic, with the aim of investigating the common contributing factors leading to such infections and of highlighting the ...
A. Moorthy, R. Gaikwad, S. Krishna, Raghuraj S. Hegde, K. Tripathi, Preeti G. Kale, P. Rao, D. Haldipur, K. Bonanthaya   +8 more
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Invasive fungal infections

Current Medicine Research and Practice, 2011
T D Chugh
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Sixty years of Amphotericin B: An Overview of the Main Antifungal Agent Used to Treat Invasive Fungal Infections

Infectious Disease and Therapy, 2021
Introduced in the late 1950s, polyenes represent the oldest family of antifungal drugs. The discovery of amphotericin B and its therapeutic uses is considered one of the most important scientific milestones of the twentieth century .
F. Cavassin, João Luiz Baú-Carneiro, Rogério R. Vilas-Boas, F. Queiroz-Telles   +3 more
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Invasive Fungal Infections after Renal Transplantation

International Journal of Organ Transplantation Medicine, 2012
Background: Invasive fungal infection (IFI) is a leading cause of infection-related mortality among kidney allograft recipients.Objective: To estimate the incidence and etiology of systemic fungal infection in renal allograft recipients in Sydney ...
S Ezzatzadegan, S Chen, JR Chapman
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Invasive Fungal Infections Complicating COVID-19: A Narrative Review

Journal of Fungi, 2021
Invasive fungal infections (IFIs) can complicate the clinical course of COVID-19 and are associated with a significant increase in mortality, especially in critically ill patients admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU).
G. Casalini, A. Giacomelli, A. Ridolfo, C. Gervasoni, S. Antinori   +4 more
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Assessment of the Role of 1,3-β-d-Glucan Testing for the Diagnosis of Invasive Fungal Infections in Adults.

Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2021
Detection of 1,3-β-d-glucan (BDG) in serum has been evaluated for its inclusion as a mycological criterion of invasive fungal infections (IFI) according to EORTC and Mycoses Study Group (MSG) definitions.
F. Lamoth, H. Akan, D. Andes, M. Cruciani, O. Marchetti, L. Ostrosky-Zeichner, Z. Ráčil, C. Clancy   +7 more
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