Global guideline for the diagnosis and management of mucormycosis: an initiative of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology in cooperation with the …

OA Cornely, A Alastruey-Izquierdo, D Arenz… - The Lancet infectious …, 2019 - thelancet.com
Mucormycosis is a difficult to diagnose rare disease with high morbidity and mortality.
Diagnosis is often delayed, and disease tends to progress rapidly. Urgent surgical and …

Challenges in the diagnosis and treatment of mucormycosis

A Skiada, C Lass-Floerl, N Klimko, A Ibrahim… - Medical …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The diagnosis and treatment of mucormycosis are challenging. The incidence of the disease
seems to be increasing. Hematological malignancies are the most common underlying …

Mucormycosis

G Reid, JP Lynch III, MC Fishbein… - Seminars in respiratory …, 2020 - thieme-connect.com
Mucormycosis is an infection caused by a group of filamentous molds within the order
Mucorales. Infections may result from ingestion of contaminated food, inhalation of spores …

Therapy of mucormycosis

NV Sipsas, MN Gamaletsou, A Anastasopoulou… - Journal of Fungi, 2018 - mdpi.com
Despite the recent introduction of mold-active agents (posaconazole and isavuconazole), in
addition to amphotericin B products, to our armamentarium against mucormycosis, many …

Diabetes mellitus as the major risk factor for mucormycosis in Mexico: epidemiology, diagnosis, and outcomes of reported cases

DE Corzo-León, LD Chora-Hernández… - Medical …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Mucormycosis is an emerging infectious disease with high rates of associated mortality and
morbidity. Little is known about the characteristics of mucormycosis or …

Mucormycosis treatment: Recommendations, latest advances, and perspectives

K Brunet, B Rammaert - Journal de mycologie medicale, 2020 - Elsevier
Mucormycosis are life-threatening fungal infections especially affecting
immunocompromised or diabetic patients. Despite treatment, mortality remains high (from 32 …

Mucormycosis: risk factors, diagnosis, treatments, and challenges during COVID-19 pandemic

A Sharma, A Goel - Folia Microbiologica, 2022 - Springer
Mucormycosis is a deadly opportunistic disease caused by a group of fungus named
mucormycetes. Fungal spores are normally present in the environment and the immune …

Candida and invasive mould diseases in non-neutropenic critically ill patients and patients with haematological cancer

AL Colombo, JN de Almeida Júnior… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2017 - thelancet.com
Critically ill patients and patients with haematological cancer are HIV-negative populations
at high risk of invasive fungal infections. In intensive-care units, candidaemia and intra …

New facets of antifungal therapy

YL Chang, SJ Yu, J Heitman, M Wellington, YL Chen - Virulence, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Invasive fungal infections remain a major cause of morbidity and mortality in
immunocompromised patients, and such infections are a substantial burden to healthcare …

Osteoarticular mycoses

MN Gamaletsou, B Rammaert, B Brause… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Osteoarticular mycoses are chronic debilitating infections that require extended courses of
antifungal therapy and may warrant expert surgical intervention. As there has been no …