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 …

The importance of antimicrobial resistance in medical mycology

NAR Gow, C Johnson, J Berman, AT Coste… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Prior to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, antibiotic resistance was listed as the major global
health care priority. Some analyses, including the O'Neill report, have predicted that deaths …

Single-dose liposomal amphotericin B treatment for cryptococcal meningitis

JN Jarvis, DS Lawrence, DB Meya… - … England Journal of …, 2022 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Cryptococcal meningitis is a leading cause of human immunodeficiency virus
(HIV)–related death in sub-Saharan Africa. Whether a treatment regimen that includes a …

Treatment strategies for cryptococcal infection: challenges, advances and future outlook

KR Iyer, NM Revie, C Fu, N Robbins… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Cryptococcus spp., in particular Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii, have an
enormous impact on human health worldwide. The global burden of cryptococcal meningitis …

Cryptococcal meningitis

L Tugume, K Ssebambulidde, J Kasibante… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii species complexes cause
meningoencephalitis with high fatality rates and considerable morbidity, particularly in …

Pulmonary cryptococcosis: a review of pathobiology and clinical aspects

F Setianingrum, R Rautemaa-Richardson… - Medical …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Pulmonary cryptococcosis is an important opportunistic invasive mycosis in
immunocompromised patients, but it is also increasingly seen in immunocompetent patients …

Cryptococcosis

AC Gushiken, KK Saharia, JW Baddley - Infectious Disease Clinics, 2021 - id.theclinics.com
Cryptococcosis is an infection of global significance, affecting both immunocompromised
and immunocompetent hosts. Traditionally, 2 main species of yeasts caused cryptococcosis …

Global guideline for the diagnosis and management of cryptococcosis: an initiative of the ECMM and ISHAM in cooperation with the ASM

CC Chang, TS Harrison, TA Bicanic… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Cryptococcosis is a major worldwide disseminated invasive fungal infection. Cryptococcosis,
particularly in its most lethal manifestation of cryptococcal meningitis, accounts for …

The pathobiology of human fungal infections

GD Brown, ER Ballou, S Bates, EM Bignell… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Human fungal infections are a historically neglected area of disease research, yet they
cause more than 1.5 million deaths every year. Our understanding of the pathophysiology of …

The current state of clinical mycology in Africa: a European Confederation of Medical Mycology and International Society for Human and Animal Mycology survey

C Driemeyer, DR Falci, RO Oladele, F Bongomin… - The Lancet …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Africa, although not unique in this context, is a favourable environment for fungal infections,
given the high burden of risk factors. An online survey was developed asking about …