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Implantation Mycoses and Invasive Fungal Infections with Cutaneous Involvement in Tropical Taiwan: An 11-Year Retrospective Study of a Medical Center

Journal of Fungi, 2023
Background: The rising incidence of implantation mycoses and invasive fungal infections prompts the need for studies describing the latest trends of these diseases; however, the literature remains scarce from tropical Asia in recent years.
Ting-Jung Hsu, Chih-Hung Lee
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Molecular diagnostics in South Africa and challenges in the establishment of a molecular laboratory in developing countries

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2020
The laboratory plays a significant role in public health surveillance, outbreak investigation and infection prevention and control strategies. Microbiology laboratories are moving towards incorporating molecular biology techniques for the surveillance ...
Ashika Singh-Moodley, Husna Ismail, Olga Perovic   +2 more
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No Impact of Fluconazole to Echinocandins Replacement as First-Line Therapy on the Epidemiology of Yeast Fungemia (Hospital-Driven Active Surveillance, 2004–2017, Paris, France)

Frontiers in Medicine, 2021
Replacement of fluconazole by echinocandins as the first-line therapy for yeast-related fungemia could have an impact on both the mortality rate and the epidemiology of yeast species responsible for candidemia.
Stéphane Bretagne, Stéphane Bretagne, Stéphane Bretagne, Marie Desnos-Ollivier, Karine Sitbon, Olivier Lortholary, Olivier Lortholary, Olivier Lortholary, Didier Che, Françoise Dromer, Participants of the YEASTS   +10 more
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Trends and patterns of mortality arising from fungal infections in Brazil in a period of 11 years [PDF]

, 2021
Objective: To investigate the mortality attributed to fungal infections, in Brazil between 2003 and 2013. Methods: This ecological study relied on official data collected from the Sistema de Informação Sobre Mortalidade – Mortality Information System ...
Barbosa Neto, José de Paula, Coelho, Rafael Costa, Damasceno, Lisandra Serra, Leitão, Terezinha do Menino Jesus Silva, Lima, Nícolas Breno Gomes de, Pessoa, Gabriel Melo Ferraz, Timbó, Sabrina Soares, Vale, Lucas Aguiar   +7 more
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Superficial and subcutaneous mycoses

Microbiologia Medica, 2020
Tegument mycoses are classified into three groups: 1) Superficial skin mycoses or superficial mycoses: infections sustained by fungi limited to the skin horny layer or the hair extrafollicular portion, without a significant inflammatory response in the ...
Gianluigi Lombardi, Giuliana Lo Cascio, Stefano Andreoni, Elisabetta Blasi, Marco Conte, Claudio Farina, Paolo Fazii, Silvana Sanna, Laura Trovato   +8 more
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Diversity of SCCmec elements and spa types in South African Staphylococcus aureus mecA-positive blood culture isolates

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2020
Background The prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus varies depending on the healthcare facility, region and country. To understand its genetic diversity, transmission, dissemination, epidemiology and evolution in a particular geographical location, it is ...
Ashika Singh-Moodley, Michelle Lowe, Ruth Mogokotleng, Olga Perovic   +3 more
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Prevalence of fungal infections using National Health Insurance data from 2009-2013, South Korea [PDF]

Epidemiology and Health, 2014
OBJECTIVES The symptoms of fungal infections vary from minor to severe. According to recent reports, fungal infection prevalence is increasing due to increases in the aging population and in patients with compromised immune systems.
Hee Jung Yoon, Hwa Young Choi, Young Kwon Kim, Yeong Jun Song, Moran Ki   +4 more
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An overview of antimicrobial resistance surveillance among healthcare-associated pathogens in South Africa

African Journal of Laboratory Medicine, 2018
Healthcare-associated infections are a serious public health concern resulting in morbidity and mortality particularly in developing countries. The lack of information from Africa, the increasing rates of antimicrobial resistance and the emergence of new
Ashika Singh-Moodley, Husna Ismail, Olga Perovic   +2 more
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Cryptococcosis Serotypes Impact Outcome and Provide Evidence of Cryptococcus neoformans Speciation

mBio, 2015
Cryptococcus neoformans is a human opportunistic fungal pathogen causing severe disseminated meningoencephalitis, mostly in patients with cellular immune defects. This species is divided into three serotypes: A, D, and the AD hybrid.
Marie Desnos-Ollivier, Sweta Patel, Dorothée Raoux-Barbot, Joseph Heitman, Françoise Dromer   +4 more
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Immunologic Diagnosis of Endemic Mycoses

Journal of Fungi, 2022
The endemic mycoses blastomycosis, coccidioidomycosis, histoplasmosis, paracoccidioidomycosis, cryptococcosis, sporotrichosis, talaromycosis, adiaspiromycosis, and emergomycosis are mostly caused by geographically limited thermally dimorphic fungi ...
Rodrigo Almeida-Paes, Andrea Reis Bernardes-Engemann, Beatriz da Silva Motta, Claudia Vera Pizzini, Marcos de Abreu Almeida, Mauro de Medeiros Muniz, Renata Alves Barcelos Dias, Rosely Maria Zancopé-Oliveira   +7 more
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