P Lewis White
P Lewis White
Purpose of review: The true incidence of fungal disease is hampered by conventionally poor diagnostic tests, limited access to advanced diagnostics, and limited surveillance. The availability of serological testing has be...
Diagnostic Efficacy of LAMP Assay for Human Fungal Pathogens: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis [0.03%]
人类真菌病原体LAMP检测诊断效力的系统评价和meta分析
Gurvinder Singh Bumbrah,Sarika Jain,Shweta Singh et al.
Gurvinder Singh Bumbrah et al.
Purpose: Human fungal infections particularly caused by Candida and Aspergillus have emerged as major public health burden. Long turnaround time and poor sensitivity of the conventional diagnostics are the major impedimen...
Frederic Lamoth
Frederic Lamoth
Purpose of review: Invasive mucormycosis (IM), caused by fungi of the order Mucorales, is one of the deadliest fungal infection among hematologic cancer patients. Its incidence is also increasingly reported in immunocompe...
The Impact of Corticosteroids on the Outcome of Fungal Disease: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis [0.03%]
糖皮质激素对真菌病结局影响的系统评价和 meta 分析
Zhaolun Li,David W Denning
Zhaolun Li
Purpose of review: Corticosteroids have a complex relationship with fungal disease - risk for many, benefit for others. This systematic review aims to address the effect of corticosteroids on mortality and visual outcome ...
Megha Sharma,Arunaloke Chakrabarti
Megha Sharma
Purpose of review: The review presents a comprehensive and updated information on the contemporary status of invasive candidiasis (IC), other emerging yeast infections, and the challenges they present in terms of at-risk ...
Alejandro Barrera-Godínez,Grecia Figueroa-Ramos
Alejandro Barrera-Godínez
Purpose of review: To review recent literature on Malassezia folliculitis and explore its association with COVID-19. Recent findings: R...
Strategies to Prevent Transmission of Candida auris in Healthcare Settings [0.03%]
医疗机构中预防耳道念珠菌传播的策略
Suhail Ahmad,Mohammad Asadzadeh
Suhail Ahmad
Purpose of review: Candida auris, a recently recognized yeast pathogen, has become a major public health threat due to the problems associated with its accurate identification, intrinsic and acquired resistance to antifun...
Epidemiology of Invasive Fungal Infections in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: an Indian Perspective [0.03%]
印度器官移植受者侵袭性真菌感染的流行病学特征
Megha Sharma,Shivaprakash M Rudramurthy,Arunaloke Chakrabarti
Megha Sharma
Purpose of review: This review summarizes the available Indian data on epidemiology of invasive fungal infections (IFI) in recipients of solid organ transplants (SOT). The epidemiology is further compared with studies fro...
Pathogenesis and Pathology of COVID-Associated Mucormycosis: What Is New and Why [0.03%]
新冠肺炎相关毛霉病的发病机制和病理：新进展与原因分析
Bishan Radotra,Sundaram Challa
Bishan Radotra
Purpose of review: There is global increase in the incidence of mucormycosis. However, a sudden increase in the COVID-associated mucormycosis (CAM) was noted, particularly in India, during the second wave of the COVID-19 ...
Jennifer L Saullo,Rachel A Miller
Jennifer L Saullo
Purpose of review: Histoplasmosis remains a challenging infection in solid organ transplantation. This review provides a topic update with emphasis on the changing Histoplasma epidemiology, along with new diagnostic and t...