Fungi often infect mammalian hosts via the respiratory route, but traumatic transcutaneous
implantation is also an important source of infections. Environmental exposure to spores of …

The global burden of the endemic mycoses (blastomycosis, coccidioidomycosis,
emergomycosis, histoplasmosis, paracoccidioidomycosis, sporotrichosis, and …

The human respiratory tract is exposed daily to airborne fungi, fungal enzymes, and
secondary metabolites. The endemic fungi Histoplasma capsulatum, Coccidioides spp …

The foundations of public health in infectious diseases are rooted in the transmissibility of
severe, sometimes fatal, infections, occurring in the general public. Transmission routes from …

Fungi are major contributors to the opportunistic infections that affect patients with HIV/AIDS.
Systemic infections are mainly with Pneumocystis jirovecii (pneumocystosis), Cryptococcus …

Invasive mycoses pose a major diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. Advances in
antifungal agents and diagnostic methods offer the potential for improved outcomes in …

Opportunistic fungi have emerged during the past decade as important causes of morbidity
and mortality in immunocompromised patients. Candida species constitute the third to fourth …

Mini-host models have emerged as simple experimental systems to study the pathogenesis
and host innate immune responses in fungal invaders and also to test drug efficacy against …

Donald Cole and colleagues' Series1 on fungal infections was a knowledgeable read. In this
context, as dermatologists, we want to highlight the emerging threat of extensive and difficult …

Several high-profile outbreaks have drawn attention to invasive fungal infections (IFIs) as an
increasingly important public health problem. IFI outbreaks are caused by many different …