Fungal nomenclature: managing change is the name of the game

SE Kidd, A Abdolrasouli, F Hagen - Open forum infectious …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Fungal species have undergone and continue to undergo significant nomenclatural change,
primarily due to the abandonment of dual species nomenclature in 2013 and the …

Integrative approaches for species delimitation in Ascomycota

SSN Maharachchikumbura, Y Chen, HA Ariyawansa… - Fungal Diversity, 2021 - Springer
Biodiversity loss from disturbances caused by human activities means that species are
disappearing at an ever increasing rate. The high number of species that have yet to be …

Pulmonary and extrapulmonary manifestations of fungal infections misdiagnosed as tuberculosis: the need for prompt diagnosis and management

BE Ekeng, AA Davies, II Osaigbovo, A Warris… - Journal of Fungi, 2022 - mdpi.com
Fungal infections commonly present with myriad symptoms that mimic other clinical entities,
notable amongst which is tuberculosis. Besides histoplasmosis and chronic pulmonary …

Genome Sequences Reveal Cryptic Speciation in the Human Pathogen Histoplasma capsulatum

VE Sepúlveda, R Márquez, DA Turissini, WE Goldman… - MBio, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
Histoplasma capsulatum is a pathogenic fungus that causes life-threatening lung infections.
About 500,000 people are exposed to H. capsulatum each year in the United States, and …

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 …

Histoplasmosis in Africa: Current perspectives, knowledge gaps, and research priorities

BK Ocansey, C Kosmidis, M Agyei… - PLoS neglected …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background Histoplasmosis is a chronic granulomatous disease caused by the thermally
dimorphic fungus Histoplasma capsulatum. The 2 variants Histoplasma capsulatum var …

The global epidemiology of emerging Histoplasma species in recent years

AM Rodrigues, MA Beale, F Hagen… - Studies in …, 2020 - ingentaconnect.com
Histoplasmosis is a serious infectious disease in humans caused by Histoplasma
spp.(Onygenales), whose natural reservoirs are thought to be soil enriched with bird and bat …

Endemic and other dimorphic mycoses in the Americas

SR Lockhart, M Toda, K Benedict, DH Caceres… - Journal of Fungi, 2021 - mdpi.com
Endemic fungi are thermally dimorphic fungi that have a limited geographic range and can
cause both primary disease and opportunistic infections. The Americas are home to more …

Phylogeny, ecology and taxonomy of systemic pathogens and their relatives in Ajellomycetaceae (Onygenales): Blastomyces, Emergomyces, Emmonsia …

Y Jiang, K Dukik, JF Munoz, L Sigler, IS Schwartz… - Fungal Diversity, 2018 - Springer
Abstract The family Ajellomycetaceae (Onygenales) includes mammal-associated
pathogens within the genera Blastomyces, Emmonsia, Histoplasma and Paracoccidioides …

Histoplasmosis Caused by Histoplasma capsulatum var. duboisii: A Comprehensive Review of Cases From 1993 to 2019

M Develoux, FM Amona… - Clinical infectious …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background Histoplasmosis caused by Histoplasma capsulatum var. duboisii (Hcd)
is a rare, but probably underestimated, endemic infection described in intertropical Africa …