Fungal pathogens cause life-threatening infections in immunocompetent and
immunocompromised individuals. Millions of people die each year due to fungal infections …

In the history of discoveries of fungal pathogens, the nineteenth century has witnessed two
important events. The causal organism of a silkworm disease, muscardine, a fungus named …

Fungi are eukaryotic microorganisms that are closely related to humans at cellular level.
Human fungal pathogens belong to various classes of fungi, mainly zygo-cetes …

Invasive fungal infections will continue to cause major complications in
immunocompromized patients. At the moment, the expansion of antifungal drug research …

With the increasing morbidity and mortality of invasive fungal infections and the emergence
of severe antifungal drug resistance, new drug targets and novel antifungal agents are …

Introduction Some of the fungi have become pathogenic to humans, and these opportunistic
pathogens are able to cause severe systemic mycoses. Areas covered The number of …

Fungal infections have shown an upsurge in recent decades, which is mainly because of the
increasing number of immunocompromised patients and the occurrence of invasive …

This article provides a perspective on the current status of drug therapy for invasive fungal
diseases, together with priorities for the future development of novel compounds. Key …

Background Yet often overlooked in public health discourse, fungal infections pose a
crucialglobal disease burden associated with annual mortality rates approximately equal to …

The morbidity and mortality caused by invasive fungal infections are increasing across the
globe due to developments in transplant surgery, the use of immunosuppressive agents …