Beyond resistance: antifungal heteroresistance and antifungal tolerance in fungal pathogens

F Yang, J Berman - Current Opinion in Microbiology, 2024 - Elsevier
Fungal infections are increasing globally, causing alarmingly high mortality and economic
burden. In addition to antifungal resistance, other more subtle drug responses appear to …

Drug resistance and tolerance in fungi

J Berman, DJ Krysan - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2020 - nature.com
Systemic fungal infections pose a serious clinical problem. Treatment options are limited,
and antifungal drug resistance is increasing. In addition, a substantial proportion of patients …

Antifungal drug resistance: evolution, mechanisms and impact

NM Revie, KR Iyer, N Robbins, LE Cowen - Current opinion in …, 2018 - Elsevier
Highlights•Our limited arsenal of antifungals is threatened by drug-resistant fungal
pathogens.•Inherent resistance is when all strains of a species show antifungal …

Update on antifungal drug resistance

DS Perlin, E Shor, Y Zhao - Current clinical microbiology reports, 2015 - Springer
Invasive fungal infections remain a major source of global morbidity and mortality, especially
among patients with underlying immune suppression. Successful patient management …

Elucidating drug resistance in human fungal pathogens

JL Xie, EJ Polvi, T Shekhar-Guturja… - Future microbiology, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Fungal pathogens cause life-threatening infections in immunocompetent and
immunocompromised individuals. Millions of people die each year due to fungal infections …

Tackling the emerging threat of antifungal resistance to human health

MC Fisher, A Alastruey-Izquierdo, J Berman… - Nature reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Invasive fungal infections pose an important threat to public health and are an under-
recognized component of antimicrobial resistance, an emerging crisis worldwide. Across a …

Fitness cost of antifungal resistance

G Otto - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2022 - nature.com
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Mechanisms of antifungal drug resistance

LE Cowen, D Sanglard… - Cold Spring …, 2015 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
Antifungal therapy is a central component of patient management for acute and chronic
mycoses. Yet, treatment choices are restricted because of the sparse number of antifungal …

Defining the frontiers between antifungal resistance, tolerance and the concept of persistence

E Delarze, D Sanglard - Drug Resistance Updates, 2015 - Elsevier
A restricted number of antifungal agents are available for the therapy of fungal diseases.
With the introduction of epidemiological cut-off values for each agent in important fungal …

Fungal drug response and antimicrobial resistance

P Osset-Trénor, A Pascual-Ahuir, M Proft - Journal of Fungi, 2023 - mdpi.com
Antifungal resistance is a growing concern as it poses a significant threat to public health.
Fungal infections are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality, especially in …