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Evolving beyond TB: launch of a new journal for chronic respiratory disease [PDF]

IJTLD Open
SUMMARY: After the positive experience of launching IJTLD Open, we are now embarking on the launch of a new journal to focus on chronic respiratory diseases, IJTLD CRD. Chronic conditions have been relatively negelected and the journal will be a home for
H.D. Blackbourn, G.B. Migliori
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Comparative Prognosis of Fungal Balls Versus Invasive Pulmonary Mucormycosis [PDF]

Infection and Drug Resistance
Jiayu Wang,1– 4 Naishu Xie,1– 4 Rui Zhao,1– 4 Huihui Zeng,1– 4 Yan Chen1– 4 1Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of China; 2Research Unit of ...
Wang J, Xie N, Zhao R, Zeng H, Chen Y
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The Fungal and Bacterial Interface in the Respiratory Mycobiome with a Focus on Aspergillus spp.

Life, 2023
The heterogeneity of the lung microbiome and its alteration are prevalently seen among chronic lung diseases patients. However, studies to date have primarily focused on the bacterial microbiome in the lung rather than fungal composition, which might ...
Anna Rozaliyani, Budhi Antariksa, Fariz Nurwidya, Jamal Zaini, Findra Setianingrum, Firman Hasan, Husna Nugrahapraja, Humaira Yusva, Heri Wibowo, Anom Bowolaksono, Chris Kosmidis   +10 more
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Detection of hidden fungal infection in different respiratory diseases

Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2021
Background Fungal infections of the respiratory system are down estimated, and the correct burden is unknown [1]. Invasive fungal infections are associated with high mortality rates of >50% [2].
Gehan A Abdelaal, Fatma Omar Khalil
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Clinical Manifestations of Human Exposure to Fungi

Journal of Fungi, 2023
Biological particles, along with inorganic gaseous and particulate pollutants, constitute an ever-present component of the atmosphere and surfaces.
Manuela Oliveira, Diana Oliveira, Carmen Lisboa, José Laerte Boechat, Luís Delgado   +4 more
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Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5) Promotes CD146 Expression in Alveolar Epithelial Cells and Cryptococcus neoformans Pulmonary Infection

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021
Air pollution is a leading cause of increasing infectious lung diseases. Pulmonary cryptococcosis is a fatal fungal pneumonia in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome patients.
Zhixiao Sun, Ningfei Ji, Jingxian Jiang, Yuan Tao, Enrui Zhang, Xiaofan Yang, Zhengxia Wang, Zhongqi Chen, Mao Huang, Mingshun Zhang   +9 more
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Upper respiratory tract mycobiome alterations in different kinds of pulmonary disease

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023
IntroductionThe human respiratory tract is considered to be a polymicrobial niche, and an imbalance in the microorganism composition is normally associated with several respiratory diseases.
Xingye Xu, Fangping Ding, Xiangqi Hu, Fan Yang, Ting Zhang, Jie Dong, Ying Xue, Tao Liu, Jing Wang, Qi Jin   +9 more
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Exposure to mold proteases stimulates mucin production in airway epithelial cells through Ras/Raf1/ERK signal pathway.

PLoS ONE, 2020
Environmental mold (fungus) exposure poses a significant threat to public health by causing illnesses ranging from invasive fungal diseases in immune compromised individuals to allergic hypertensive diseases such as asthma and asthma exacerbation in ...
Xianxian Wu, Boram Lee, Lingxiang Zhu, Zhi Ding, Yin Chen   +4 more
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Lung cancer coexisting with Papiliotrema flavescens infection diagnosed by next-generation sequencing: a case report

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2022
Background Papiliotrema flavescens is a rare environmental yeast, which has been isolated from air, trees, kernels of wheat and corn, fermenting soya sauce, and cerebrospinal fluid of patient with AIDS.
Siang Zhang, Liangzhe Wang, Qianyu Han, An Sun, Xiaogang Liu, Lei Xue   +5 more
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The Human Mycobiome in Chronic Respiratory Diseases: Current Situation and Future Perspectives

Microorganisms, 2022
Microbes play an important role in the pathogenesis of chronic lung diseases, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cystic fibrosis, non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis, and asthma.
Juan de Dios Caballero, Rafael Cantón, Manuel Ponce-Alonso, Marta María García-Clemente, Elia Gómez G. de la Pedrosa, José Luis López-Campos, Luis Máiz, Rosa del Campo, Miguel Ángel Martínez-García   +8 more
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