The endemic mycoses blastomycosis, coccidioidomycosis, histoplasmosis,
paracoccidioidomycosis, cryptococcosis, sporotrichosis, talaromycosis, adiaspiromycosis …

The incidence of invasive opportunistic fungal infections continues to increase as
sophisticated technologies to prolong the lives of severely ill patients are implemented [1–5] …

Several of the clinically important thermal dimorphic fungi are closely related and belong to
the order Onygenales, which includes the causal agents of histoplasmosis, blastomycosis …

The endemic mycoses are a diverse group of fungi that share several characteristics. They
are able to cause disease in healthy hosts, they each occupy a specific ecologic niche in the …

Introduction The global frequency of endemic mycoses has considerably increased, mainly
due to environmental changes, population growth in endemic areas, and the increase in HIV …

Early diagnosis of fungal infection is critical to effective treatment. There are many
impediments to diagnosis such as a diminishing number of clinical mycologists, cost, time to …

This review provides the background for understanding the role of a battery of diagnostic
methods in paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM). This systemic mycosis is a disease endemic in …

In this session, emphasis was placed on the diagnosis of various mycoses through the
identification of antibodies and antigens in sera, as well as on new techniques to properly …

During the past decade, substantial progress has been made in the development of
innovative approaches and methods for immunodiagnosis of invasive fungal infections [13] …

The frequency of fungal infections, especially of Invasive Fungal Infections (IFIs), has risen
dramatically in recent years, and has high morbidity and mortality. Early and accurate …