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European Respiratory JournalFungal lung disease encompasses a wide spectrum of organisms and associated clinical conditions, presenting a significant global health challenge. The type and severity of disease are determined by underlying host immunity and infecting fungal strain.
Tavleen Kaur Jaggi +9 more
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Paediatric Respiratory Reviews, 2021 Fungal lung disease in the paediatric population occurs with distinct features in the immunocompetent, in immunocompromised patients and in people with cystic fibrosis. Pulmonary mycoses are the least prevalent in immunocompetent children, with the most common diseases being the endemic mycoses and Aspergillomas.
Koltsida, G., Zaoutis, T.
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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 +10 more
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Pathogenic Fungal Infection in the Lung
Frontiers in Immunology, 2019 Respiratory fungal infection is a severe clinical problem, especially in patients with compromised immune functions. Aspergillus, Cryptococcus, Pneumocystis, and endemic fungi are major pulmonary fungal pathogens that are able to result in life ...
Zhi Li, Zhi Li, Gen Lu, Guangxun Meng
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Strategies for the Prevention of Invasive Fungal Infections after Lung Transplant
Journal of Fungi (Basel, Switzerland), 2021 Long-term survival after lung transplantation is lower than that associated with other transplanted organs. Infectious complications, most importantly invasive fungal infections, have detrimental effects and are a major cause of morbidity and mortality ...
Shahid Husain +2 more
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Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2013 Introduction: Fungal pneumonia is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised patients with hematological diseases. This study is aimed to evaluate the feasibility and outcome of computed tomography (CT) guided lung biopsy or fine ...
Sanjeev Kumar Sharma +9 more
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Respiratory Fungal Diseases in Adult Patients With Cystic Fibrosis
Clinical Medicine Insights: Circulatory, Respiratory and Pulmonary Medicine, 2019 Clinical manifestations of respiratory fungal diseases in adult cystic fibrosis (CF) patients are very heterogeneous, ranging from asymptomatic colonization to chronic infections, allergic disorders, or invasive diseases in immunosuppressed CF patients ...
Emanuele Delfino +4 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 +8 more
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Infections in lung transplanted patients: A review
Pulmonology, 2022 Lung transplantation can improve the survival of patients with severe chronic pulmonary disorders. However, the short- and long-term risk of infections can increase morbidity and mortality rates.A non-systematic review was performed to provide the most ...
M. Dettori +19 more
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The burden of serious fungal infections in Sierra Leone: a national estimate
Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease, 2021 Sierra Leone is a small, resource-limited country that has a low national prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and a very high burden of tuberculosis (TB). Fungal diseases are probably common, but poorly documented.
Sulaiman Lakoh +6 more
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