The thermally dimorphic fungi are a unique group of fungi within the Ascomycota phylum
that respond to shifts in temperature by converting between hyphae (22–25° C) and yeast …

Amphotericin B (AmpB) is a polyene macrolide antibiotic used in the treatment of blood-
borne parasitic and fungal infections. However, its use, particularly in the developing world …

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Coccidioidomycosis is a significant health problem of dogs and humans in endemic regions,
especially California and Arizona in the US Both species would greatly benefit from a …

Coccidioides spp. are dimorphic pathogenic fungi whose parasitic forms cause
coccidioidomycosis (Valley fever) in mammalian hosts. We use an innovative …

Canine coccidioidomycosis, a systemic fungal infection endemic to arid and semiarid
regions of North, Central, and South America, is commonly diagnosed in dogs living in or …

The CPS1 gene was identified as a virulence factor in the maize pathogen Cochliobolus
heterostrophus. Hypothesizing that the homologous gene in Coccidioides posadasii could …

Clinical relevance: In contrast to superficial fungal infections, such as dermatophytosis,
invasive fungal infections (IFIs) are characterised by penetration of tissues by fungal …

Background Sporothrix schenckii and associated species are agents of human and animal
sporotrichosis that cause large sapronoses and zoonoses worldwide. Epidemiological …

The global diversity of fungi has been estimated between 2 to 11 million species, of which
only about 155 000 have been named. Most fungi are invisible to the unaided eye, but they …