Forgotten fungi—the gut mycobiome in human health and disease

CE Huseyin, PW O'Toole, PD Cotter… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
The human body is home to a complex and diverse microbial ecosystem that plays a central
role in host health. This includes a diversity of fungal species that is collectively referred to …

[HTML][HTML] Nine Things Genomics Can Tell Us About Candida auris

AD Chybowska, DS Childers, RA Farrer - Frontiers in genetics, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Candida auris is a recently emerged multidrug-resistant fungal pathogen causing severe
illness in hospitalized patients. C. auris is most closely related to a few environmental or …

[HTML][HTML] Antifungal tolerance is a subpopulation effect distinct from resistance and is associated with persistent candidemia

A Rosenberg, IV Ene, M Bibi, S Zakin, ES Segal… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Tolerance to antifungal drug concentrations above the minimal inhibitory concentration
(MIC) is rarely quantified, and current clinical recommendations suggest it should be …

Candidemia in the neonatal intensive care unit: a retrospective, observational survey and analysis of literature data

G Caggiano, G Lovero, O De Giglio… - BioMed research …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
We evaluated the epidemiology of Candida bloodstream infections in the neonatal intensive
care unit (NICU) of an Italian university hospital during a 9‐year period as a means of …

[HTML][HTML] Strategies to reduce mortality in adult and neonatal candidemia in developing countries

H Kaur, A Chakrabarti - Journal of Fungi, 2017 - mdpi.com
Candidemia, the commonest invasive fungal infection, is associated with high morbidity and
mortality in developing countries, though the exact prevalence is not known due to lack of …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding fluconazole tolerance in Candida albicans: Implications for effective treatment of candidiasis and combating invasive fungal infections

Y Feng, H Lu, M Whiteway, Y Jiang - Journal of Global Antimicrobial …, 2023 - Elsevier
Fluconazole (FLC) tolerant phenotypes in Candida species contribute to persistent
candidemia and the emergence of FLC resistance. Therefore, making FLC fungicidal and …

The epidemiology of Candida species in the Middle East and North Africa

S Ghazi, R Rafei, M Osman, D El Safadi… - Journal de Mycologie …, 2019 - Elsevier
In recent decades, the epidemiology of invasive candidiasis (IC) has progressively changed
worldwide. This notably includes emergence of several Candida species. Although some …

[HTML][HTML] Contemporary trends in global mortality of sepsis among young infants less than 90 days: a systematic review and meta-analysis

MY Gan, WL Lee, BJ Yap, STT Seethor… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Objective Current knowledge on the global burden of infant sepsis is limited to population-
level data. We aimed to summarize global case fatality rates (CFRs) of young infants with …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of biofilm formation on the persistence of candidemia

WS Li, YC Chen, SF Kuo, FJ Chen… - Frontiers in microbiology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
This study aimed to determine the predictors of persistent candidemia and examine the
impact of biofilm formation by Candida isolates in adult patients with candidemia. Of the …

In vivo imaging of disseminated murine Candida albicans infection reveals unexpected host sites of fungal persistence during antifungal therapy

ID Jacobsen, A Lüttich, O Kurzai… - Journal of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Objectives Candida albicans is an important fungal pathogen that can cause life-threatening
disseminated infections. To determine the efficacy of therapy in murine models, a …