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An Estimate of the Burden of Fungal Disease in Norway

Journal of Fungi, 2018
The aim of this study was to examine the burden of fungal disease in Norway, contributing to a worldwide effort to improve awareness of the needs for better diagnosis and treatment of such infections.
Ingvild Nordøy, Liv Hesstvedt, Cecilie Torp Andersen, Haima Mylvaganam, Nicola I. Kols, Birgit M. Falch, Ståle Tofteland, Fredrik Müller, David W. Denning   +8 more
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Posaconazole and fluconazole prophylaxis during induction therapy for pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection, 2021
Purpose: To assess and compare the efficacy and safety of posaconazole with fluconazole for the prevention of invasive fungal infections in children who were undergoing induction therapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).
Tian Zhang, Jie Bai, Mingxia Huang, Ruixiao Li, Yang Liu, Ansheng Liu, Jixin Liu   +6 more
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Invasive fungal infections in liver diseases

Hepatology Communications, 2023
Patients with liver diseases, including decompensated cirrhosis, alcohol-associated hepatitis, and liver transplant recipients are at increased risk of acquiring invasive fungal infections (IFIs). These infections carry high morbidity and mortality.
Barros, Nicolas, Rosenblatt, Russell E., Phipps, Meaghan M., Fomin, Vladislav, Mansour, Michael K.   +4 more
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Voriconazole treatment of Candida tropicalis meningitis: persistence of (1,3)-b-D-glucan in the cerebrospinal fluid is a marker of clinical and microbiological failure [PDF]

, 2016
Introduction: Infections are still the most common complications of cerebral shunt procedures. Even though fungal etiologies are considered to be rare, they are associated with significant morbidity and mortality.
Brunetti, Grazia, Ceccarelli, Giancarlo, Fallani, Stefania, Ghezzi, Maria Cristina, Marsiglia, Carolina, Novelli, Andrea, Raponi, Giammarco, Venditti, Mario   +7 more
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Culture-positive COVID-19-associated pulmonary aspergillosis (CAPA) in Germany

International Journal of Medical Microbiology
Background: COVID-19-associated-pulmonary-aspergillosis (CAPA) is a severe superinfection mostly affecting critically ill COVID-19 patients. Early diagnosis and clinical management of CAPA remain major clinical challenges.Here, we evaluated different ...
Leonie H. Aldejohann, Joerg Steinmann, Tamara Ruegamer, Ronny Martin, Nadja Thielemann, Grit Walther, Oliver Kurzai, Alexander M. Aldejohann   +7 more
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Difficult diagnosis of invasive fungal infection predominantly involving the lower gastrointestinal tract in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

Medical Mycology Case Reports, 2016
Invasive fungal infections are most commonly seen in immunocompromised patients and usually affect the respiratory system. Gastrointestinal system involvement of mucormycosis and invasive aspergillosis is rarely reported in childhood.
Gulhadiye Avcu, Deniz Yilmaz Karapinar, Pinar Yazici, Muhterem Duyu, Suleyha Hilmioglu Polat, Berna Atabay, Basak Doganavsargil, Bulent Karapinar   +7 more
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Candida auris, what do paediatricians need to know? [PDF]

, 2018
AW is supported by the Wellcome Trust Strategic Award (grant 097377) and the MRC Centre for Medical Mycology (grant MR/N006364/1) at the University of Aberdeen.Peer reviewedPublisher ...
Warris, Adilia
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Vaccines for invasive fungal infections [PDF]

F1000 Medicine Reports, 2011
(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Morbidity and mortality from invasive fungal infections remain unacceptably high despite availability of new antifungal agents, underscoring the need for more effective preventative strategies. Due to our enhanced understanding of the host defense and pathogenetic mechanisms that lead to invasive ...
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Fungal infections after liver transplantation [PDF]

, 1988
The risk factors for development of invasive fungal infections after liver transplantation were (1) longer duration of treatment with nonprophylactic IV antibiotics, (2) longer cumulative surgical time and a higher number of laparotomies, (3) an ...
Dummer, JS, Esquivel, C, Ho, M, Kusne, S, Makowka, L, Singh, N, Starzl, TE   +6 more
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Fosmanogepix (APX001) Is Effective in the Treatment of Immunocompromised Mice Infected with Invasive Pulmonary Scedosporiosis or Disseminated Fusariosis. [PDF]

, 2020
There are limited treatment options for immunosuppressed patients with lethal invasive fungal infections due to Fusarium and Scedosporium Manogepix (MGX; APX001A) is a novel antifungal that targets the conserved Gwt1 enzyme required for localization of ...
Alkhazraji, Sondus, Alqarihi, Abdullah, Gebremariam, Teclegiorgis, Gu, Yiyou, Ibrahim, Ashraf S, Mamouei, Zeinab, Shaw, Karen J, Singh, Shakti, Wiederhold, Nathan P   +8 more
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