Aspergillus fumigatus morphology and dynamic host interactions

FL Van De Veerdonk, MS Gresnigt, L Romani… - Nature Reviews …, 2017 - nature.com
Aspergillus fumigatus is an environmental filamentous fungus that can cause life-threatening
disease in immunocompromised individuals. The interactions between A. fumigatus and the …

Antifungal agents in agriculture: friends and foes of public health

VS Brauer, CP Rezende, AM Pessoni, RG De Paula… - Biomolecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
Fungal diseases have been underestimated worldwide but constitute a substantial threat to
several plant and animal species as well as to public health. The increase in the global …

Ecology of aspergillosis: insights into the pathogenic potency of Aspergillus fumigatus and some other Aspergillus species

C Paulussen, JE Hallsworth… - Microbial …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Fungi of the genus Aspergillus are widespread in the environment. Some Aspergillus
species, most commonly Aspergillus fumigatus, may lead to a variety of allergic reactions …

Clinical implications of globally emerging azole resistance in Aspergillus fumigatus

JF Meis, A Chowdhary, JL Rhodes… - … of the Royal …, 2016 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Aspergillus fungi are the cause of an array of diseases affecting humans, animals and
plants. The triazole antifungal agents itraconazole, voriconazole, isavuconazole and …

Trends in agricultural triazole fungicide use in the United States, 1992–2016 and possible implications for antifungal-resistant fungi in human disease

M Toda, KD Beer, KM Kuivila, TM Chiller… - Environmental health …, 2021 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: The fungus Aspergillus fumigatus (A. fumigatus) is the leading cause of
invasive mold infections, which cause severe disease and death in immunocompromised …

The spectrum of fungi that infects humans

JR Köhler, A Casadevall… - Cold Spring …, 2015 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
Few among the millions of fungal species fulfill four basic conditions necessary to infect
humans: high temperature tolerance, ability to invade the human host, lysis and absorption …

Fungi that infect humans

JR Köhler, B Hube, R Puccia, A Casadevall… - Microbiology …, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
Fungi must meet four criteria to infect humans: growth at human body temperatures,
circumvention or penetration of surface barriers, lysis and absorption of tissue, and …

Fungal siderophore metabolism with a focus on Aspergillus fumigatus

H Haas - Natural product reports, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: up to 2014 Siderophores are chelators synthesized by microbes to sequester iron.
This article summarizes the knowledge on the fungal siderophore metabolism with a focus …

The pan-genome of Aspergillus fumigatus provides a high-resolution view of its population structure revealing high levels of lineage-specific diversity driven by …

LA Lofgren, BS Ross, RA Cramer, JE Stajich - PLoS Biology, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Aspergillus fumigatus is a deadly agent of human fungal disease where virulence
heterogeneity is thought to be at least partially structured by genetic variation between …

The consequences of our changing environment on life threatening and debilitating fungal diseases in humans

N Van Rhijn, M Bromley - Journal of Fungi, 2021 - mdpi.com
Human activities have significantly impacted the environment and are changing our climate
in ways that will have major consequences for ourselves, and endanger animal, plant and …