The current state of laboratory mycology and access to antifungal treatment in Europe: a European Confederation of Medical Mycology survey

J Salmanton-García, M Hoenigl, JP Gangneux… - The Lancet …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Access to the appropriate tools is crucial for early diagnosis and clinical management of
invasive fungal infections. This Review aims to describe the invasive fungal infection …

Let's talk about sex characteristics—as a risk factor for invasive fungal diseases

M Egger, M Hoenigl, GR Thompson Iii, A Carvalho… - Mycoses, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Biological sex, which comprises differences in host sex hormone homeostasis and immune
responses, can have a substantial impact on the epidemiology of infectious diseases …

Pathogenicity & virulence of Histoplasma capsulatum - A multifaceted organism adapted to intracellular environments

AF Valdez, DZ Miranda, AJ Guimarães, L Nimrichter… - Virulence, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Histoplasmosis is a systemic mycosis caused by the thermally dimorphic fungus
Histoplasma capsulatum. Although healthy individuals can develop histoplasmosis, the …

Animal Histoplasmosis in Europe: Review of the literature and molecular typing of the etiological agents

D Wilmes, U Mayer, P Wohlsein, M Suntz, J Gerkrath… - Journal of Fungi, 2022 - mdpi.com
Histoplasmosis has been previously diagnosed in animals from Europe. The aim of this
study is to review the literature on these reports, to analyze cases diagnosed at our …

Endemic systemic mycoses in Italy: a systematic review of literature and a practical update

V Zerbato, S Di Bella, R Pol, F D'Aleo, A Angheben… - Mycopathologia, 2023 - Springer
Endemic systemic mycoses such as blastomycosis, coccidioidomycosis, histoplasmosis,
talaromycosis, paracoccidioidomycosis are emerging as an important cause of morbidity …

The WHO fungal priority pathogens list: a crucial reappraisal to review the prioritisation

G Casalini, A Giacomelli, S Antinori - The Lancet Microbe, 2024 - thelancet.com
In October, 2022, WHO published the first fungal priority pathogen list, which categorised 19
fungal entities into three priority groups (critical, high, and medium), for prioritisation of …

[HTML][HTML] Pathogens of importance in lung disease—Implications of the WHO fungal priority pathogen list

J Beardsley - Respirology (Carlton, Vic.), 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In October 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) released its fungal priority
pathogens list (FPPL). 1 The list was the result of a global effort to systematically prioritize …

Histoplasmosis: An epidemiological and clinical update in China, review and a case report

L Chen, D Hu, C Zhang, T Wu, X Cheng, F Hagen… - Mycology, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Histoplasmosis is a systemic mycosis caused by the dimorphic fungus in the genus
Histoplasma. Histoplasmosis is overlooked in China. This study aims to provide an …

Histoplasma capsulatum var duboisii infection: A global review, 1950–2021

BEWA EKENG, A Davies, B Ocansey… - Microbes and …, 2023 - journals.ekb.eg
Background: Most of the study reviews on Histoplasma capsulatum var duboisii (Hcd)
infection have been limited to case reports from few African countries despite having cases …

Histoplasmosis Around the World: A Global Perspective on Presentation, Virulence Factors, and Treatment of Histoplasmosis

P Gandhi, A Yun, J Bradley, B Moldoveanu - The American Journal of the …, 2024 - Elsevier
Histoplasmosis is a systemic infection caused by an endemic dimorphic fungus,
Histoplasma capsulatum. Though prevalent in the eastern United States of America, near …